anaclisis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάκλισις (anáklisis), intended as a calque of German Anlehnung.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌænəˈklaɪsɪs/

Noun

anaclisis (plural anaclises)

1. (psychoanalysis) The choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of a resemblance to early childhood protective and parental figures.

Synonyms

• anaclitism

References

• "anaclisis". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
• Laplanche, J. and Pontalis, J.-B. (1973). The Language of Psycho-Analysis. W. W. Norton and Company. →ISBN, entry: "Anaclisis; Anaclitic (or Attachment)".