transference

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trans•fer•ence (trans fûr′əns, trans′fər əns),USA pronunciation n.

the act or process of transferring.
the fact of being transferred.
[Psychoanal.]
- the shift of emotions, esp. those experienced in childhood, from one person or object to another, esp. the transfer of feelings about a parent to an analyst.
- displacement (def. 7).

Neo-Latin trānsferentia. See transfer, -ence
1675–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

transference /ˈtrænsfərəns; -frəns/ n

the act or an instance of transferring or the state of being transferred
the redirection of attitudes and emotions towards a substitute, such as towards the analyst during therapy

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