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transferential

/trænsfəˈrɛnsʃəl/ adjective · British & US
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What does transferential mean?

adjective

Relating to or denoting a transference of feelings or attitudes from one person to another, especially from a parent to a child, in psychoanalytic theory.

Example

"The therapist helped the patient understand the transferential feelings she had towards her father."

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