Verdrängung

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German

Etymology

Coined by Johann Friedrich Herbart in 1824[1][2] and popularized by Sigmund Freud.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈdʁɛŋʊŋ/
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Noun

Verdrängung f (genitive Verdrängung, plural Verdrängungen)

  1. displacement
  2. replacement
  3. (psychoanalysis) repression, suppression

Declension

Declension of Verdrängung
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Verdrängung die Verdrängungen
genitive einer der Verdrängung der Verdrängungen
dative einer der Verdrängung den Verdrängungen
accusative eine die Verdrängung die Verdrängungen

References

  1. ^ Valerie Sinason, Ashley Conway, editors (2021), Trauma and Memory‎, Routledge, →ISBN
  2. ^ Helmut E. Lück (2018) Die psychologische Hintertreppe (in German), Verlag Herder GmbH, →ISBN, page 61

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