scotomization

English

Etymology

The word was borrowed from the word scotoma (blind spot) by psychiatrists in the 1920s.

Noun

scotomization (usually uncountable, plural scotomizations)

1. (psychology) According to some psychoanalytic theories, the mental ability to delete and forget a trauma or overwhelming event.

Related terms

• scotomize

References

• Scotomization, Psychoanalysis Dictionary International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis, by the Gale Group, Inc.