repression resistance

n. in psychoanalysis, the resistance deployed by a patient in order to maintain repression of unacceptable impulses. This may manifest in the patient’s forgetting of events, in an impeded flow of free associations, or in the patient’s application of interpretations offered by the analyst to others but not to himself or herself. Also called ego resistance. Compare id resistance; superego resistance.

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Psychology term of the day

December 19th 2024

stigma

n. the negative social attitude attached to a characteristic of an individual that may be regarded as a mental, physical, or social deficiency. A stigma implies social disapproval and can lead unfairly to discrimination against and exclusion of the individual.