Viennese School

a group of early 20th-century practitioners of psychoanalysis, based in Vienna, who followed the theories of Sigmund Freud. Also called Vienna School; Wiener Schule. See also Wednesday Evening Society.

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Psychology term of the day

March 16th 2025

phantom

1. an illusion without material substance.

2. the feeling that an amputated body part (e.g., a limb or breast) is still present. See breast-phantom phenomenon; phantom limb; pseudoesthesia.