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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

process, unconscious process go
a mental process that you are not directly aware of

defense, defence, defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction go
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

displacement go
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one

transference
(psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another

noun.cognition

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countertransference go
the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction