Complete Definition of "anaclitic"

English

Etymology
From Greek ανακλι�ο� �for reclining�, from ανακλινειν. Originally in the phrase anaclitic type, translating Freud's term Anlehnungstypus.

Pronunciation
IPA: /æn�'klɪtɪk/

Adjective
anaclitic

  1. psychoanalysis denoting a person whose choice of love-interest arises from the dependence of the libido on another instinct (e.g. hunger)

#:*1982: I don�t think I have to gloss the true anaclitic purport behind your need to humiliate a woman doctor symbolically. (Fowles, Mantissa)

  1. pertaining to an acute emotional dependence on another person or persons
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