transference

noun

1. (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst

Definition categories: thought, displacement

2. transferring ownership

Similar word(s): transfer

Definition categories: act, dealing, dealings, transaction

3. the act of transfering something from one form to another

- the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise

Similar word(s): transfer

Definition categories: act