INTROJECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does introject mean? 

• INTROJECT (noun)
  The noun INTROJECT has 1 sense:

1. (psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized

  Familiarity information: INTROJECT used as a noun is very rare.

• INTROJECT (verb)
  The verb INTROJECT has 1 sense:

1. incorporate (attitudes or ideas) into one's personality unconsciously

  Familiarity information: INTROJECT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTROJECT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

value (an ideal accepted by some individual or group)

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)

Derivation:

introject (incorporate (attitudes or ideas) into one's personality unconsciously)

• INTROJECT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they introject    ... he / she / it introjects   
Past simple: introjected   
Past participle: introjected   
-ing form: introjecting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Incorporate (attitudes or ideas) into one's personality unconsciously

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "introject" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

introject ((psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized)

introjection ((psychology) unconscious internalization of aspects of the world (especially aspects of persons) within the self in such a way that the internalized representation takes over the psychological functions of the external objects)

introjection ((psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values; leads to the formation of the superego)