transference Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. 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
   
2. noun transferring ownership
   transfer.
   
3. noun the act of transfering something from one form to another
   transfer.
   
   • the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise

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