What is the meaning of transference?

noun

  • 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. (
  • Transferring ownership.
  • The act of transfering something from one form to another.
    • usage: "the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise"
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