/ English Dictionary

TRANSFERENCE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of transfering something from one form to another

Example:

the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise

Synonyms:

transfer; transference

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("transference" is a kind of...):

change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Transferring ownership

Synonyms:

transfer; transference

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("transference" is a kind of...):

dealing; dealings; transaction (the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transference"):

alienation ((law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another)

conveyance; conveyance of title; conveyancing; conveying (act of transferring property title from one person to another)

quitclaim (act of transferring a title or right or claim to another)

lease-lend; lend-lease (the transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause)

secularisation; secularization (transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession)

Derivation:

transfer (cause to change ownership)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("transference" is a kind of...):

displacement ((psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one)

Domain category:

analysis; depth psychology; psychoanalysis (a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transference"):

countertransference (the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction)

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