primal

  • 91primal scream — a scream uttered by a person undergoing primal therapy. [1970 75, Amer.] * * * …

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  • 92primal horde — noun In Freudian psychoanalysis, an archetypal cathexis of the sons usurping their fathers hierarchical position; the basis of the Oedipus complex, and sometimes resulting in totemism. [...] Freuds analyses from his 1913 Totem and taboo, of how… …

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  • 93primal scream — noun A scream produced during primal therapy …

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  • 94primal scene — noun In Freudian theory, the first time a child witnesses (and understands) its parents copulating. The primal scene is the site at which the issues of ego differentiation become translated into the issues of the oedipus complex …

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  • 95primal scream — pri′mal scream′ n. psl pst a scream uttered by a person undergoing primal therapy • Etymology: 1970–75, amer …

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  • 96primal scream — /praɪməl ˈskrim/ (say pruymuhl skreem) noun an uninhibited emotional outpouring. See primal scream therapy …

  • 97primal scene — noun : sexual intercourse performed by parents and observed by their child permitted to … witness parental nakedness and primal scenes Victor Eisenstein …

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  • 98primal scream — noun 1. : primal scream therapy herein 2. : a violent verbal outpouring of raw emotion …

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  • 99primal therapy — noun see primal scream therapy …

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  • 100primal — 1. First or primary. 2. SYN: primordial (2) …

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