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anaclitic

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(an′ə klit′ik)

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an•a•clit•ic (an′ə klit′ik),USA pronunciation adj. [Psychoanal.]

Psychiatryexhibiting or pertaining to anaclisis.

Greek anáklit(os) for reclining (anakli- (see anaclisis) + -tos verbal adjective, adjectival suffix) + -ic
1920–25

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