dream censorship

in psychoanalytic theory, the disguising in dreams of unconscious wishes that would be disturbing to the ego if allowed conscious expression. According to Sigmund Freud, the thoroughness of dream disguise varies directly with the strictness of the censorship. See censor.

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Psychology term of the day

January 29th 2025

proximal

adj.

1. situated near or directed toward the trunk or center of an organism.

2. near or mostly closely related to the point of reference or origin. Compare distal. —proximally adv.