Associations to the word «Introject»

Wiktionary

INTROJECT, verb. (psychology) To unconsciously incorporate into one's psyche.
INTROJECT, noun. (psychology) An element of another person that is unconsciously incorporated into one's psyche.

Dictionary definition

INTROJECT, noun. (psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized.
INTROJECT, verb. Incorporate (attitudes or ideas) into one's personality unconsciously.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke