INTROJECT

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

1. (psychoanalysis) a 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.

• INTROJECT (noun)

Meaning:

(psychoanalysis) a 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)

• INTROJECT (verb)

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