scotomization
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The word was borrowed from the word scotoma (blind spot) by psychiatrists in the 1920s.
Noun[edit]
scotomization (usually uncountable, plural scotomizations)
- (psychology) According to some psychoanalytic theories, the mental ability to delete and forget a trauma or overwhelming event.
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References[edit]
- Scotomization, Psychoanalysis Dictionary International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis, by the Gale Group, Inc.