transference

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

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
noun transferring ownership
noun the act of transfering something from one form to another

I suppose now you do not believe in corporeal transference. — Dracula, Bram Stoker
(2) The legal transference of property would be greatly simplified. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide
But, as I told you, only under unusual circumstances can this--transference take place. — The black kiss, Robert Bloch

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