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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May 9th 2024

reciprocal

n. the number that when multiplied by another number gives a result of 1. The reciprocal of x is therefore 1/x and that of 1/x is x. So, for example, 1/4 is the reciprocal of 4.