Transference: meaning, definitions and examples

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transference

 

[ træns'fɜːrəns ]

Noun
Context #1 | Noun

psychology

The unconscious redirection of feelings from one person to another, commonly seen in therapy sessions.

Synonyms

displacement, projection, substitution

Examples of usage

  • Transference occurs when a patient projects their feelings about someone else onto the therapist.
  • In therapy, transference can be a useful tool to explore underlying emotions and patterns.
Context #2 | Noun

linguistics

The process of shifting a sound or speech element from one position to another within a word.

Synonyms

relocation, shift, transfer

Examples of usage

  • Transference of sounds often occurs in loanwords borrowed from other languages.
  • Linguistic transference can lead to the adaptation of pronunciation in borrowed words.

Translations

Translations of the word "transference" in other languages:

🇵🇹 transferência

🇮🇳 स्थानांतरण

🇩🇪 Übertragung

🇮🇩 transferensi

🇺🇦 передача

🇵🇱 przeniesienie

🇯🇵 転送 (てんそう)

🇫🇷 transfert

🇪🇸 transferencia

🇹🇷 aktarım

🇰🇷 전이 (jeon-i)

🇸🇦 نقل (naql)

🇨🇿 přenos

🇸🇰 prenos

🇨🇳 传递 (chuándì)

🇸🇮 prenos

🇮🇸 flutningur

🇰🇿 ауыстыру

🇬🇪 გადაცემა (gadacema)

🇦🇿 ötürmə

🇲🇽 transferencia

Word origin

The word 'transference' originated from the Latin word 'transferre', which means 'to transfer'. The concept of transference was first introduced by Sigmund Freud in psychoanalysis, where it plays a significant role in understanding the dynamics of the therapist-patient relationship. In linguistics, transference refers to the phenomenon of sound or speech element shifting, often observed in language borrowing and adaptation.

See also: transfer, transferable, transferences, transferor, transferring, transfers.