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Noun: transference  tranz'fur-un(t)s [N. Amer], trans-fu-run(t)s [Brit]
  1. (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst
     
  2. Transferring ownership
    - transfer
     
  3. The act of transferring something from one form to another
    "the transference of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise";
    - transfer

Derived forms: transferences

Type of: change of state, dealing, dealings, displacement, transaction

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