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Introject

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Noun

1. introject

(psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized

Verb

2. introject

incorporate (attitudes or ideas) into one's personality unconsciously

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Introject

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verb psychology
1. (intransitive)
(esp of a child) to incorporate ideas of others, or (in fantasy) of objects
2. 
to turn (feelings for another) towards oneself

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Introject

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verb transitive
Psychoanalysis
to incorporate unconsciously into the psyche (a mental image of an object, person, etc.) and focus aggressive energy upon this image rather than the object itself

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Introject

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n.
An unconscious defense mechanism in which one incorporates characteristics of another person or object into one's own psyche.

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