introjection: Meaning and Definition of

in•tro•jec•tion

Pronunciation: (in"tru-jek'shun), [key]
— n. Psychoanal.
  1. an unconscious psychic process by which a person incorporates into his or her own psychic apparatus the characteristics of another person or object.
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