Associations to the word «Introjection»

Wiktionary

INTROJECTION, noun. (psychology) The process whereby ideas of another are unconsciously incorporated into one's own psyche.

Dictionary definition

INTROJECTION, noun. (psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values; leads to the formation of the superego.
INTROJECTION, noun. (psychology) unconscious internalization of aspects of the world (especially aspects of persons) within the self in such a way that the internalized representation takes over the psychological functions of the external objects.

Wise words

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery