transference
- Noun:
- The act or process of moving something from one place, person, or situation to another: This is the general meaning, referring to the action of transferring.
- (Psychoanalysis) The redirection of feelings and desires, especially those unconsciously retained from childhood, toward a new object (such as a psychoanalyst): This is a specialized psychological term describing a key process in therapy where emotions are transferred onto the analyst.
General Meaning:
- The transference of data from the old server to the new one was completed overnight.
- The legal document ensured the smooth transference of property to the heirs.
Psychoanalytic Meaning:
- In therapy, the patient's transference of feelings about her father onto the therapist was analyzed.
- The analyst must be aware of countertransference, their own emotional response to the patient's transference.
"Transference of learning": In education and psychology, this refers to applying knowledge or skills learned in one context to a new, different context.
- The goal of this exercise is to encourage the transference of problem-solving skills from academic studies to real-world situations.
"Transference neurosis": In psychoanalysis, a stage where the patient's neurotic conflicts are revived in the relationship with the analyst.
- The development of a transference neurosis is considered a crucial phase in classical psychoanalytic treatment.
Transfer (verb/noun): The core action or instance of moving or conveying.
- She will transfer the funds. / It was a direct transfer of power.
Transferable (adjective): Capable of being transferred.
- The ticket is not transferable to another person.
- Transfer: The act of conveying or removing from one place, person, or thing to another.
- Transmission: The act or process of passing something from one person or place to another.
- Displacement: (In psychology) The shifting of emotional emphasis from one object to another, especially in psychoanalytic contexts.
"Transference of authority": The process of moving official power or control from one entity to another.
- The transference of authority to the new department head will happen next month.
"Transference of emotion": The shifting of an emotional response from its original object to a substitute.
- His anger at work resulted in a transference of emotion onto his family.
Note: There are no common idioms that use the exact word "transference." The term is primarily used in formal, technical, or academic contexts.
- 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
- transferring ownership
- (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