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CANNIBALIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2000-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

Object-relationships and fantasies correlated with oral activity.

OBS

[The term "cannibalistic"] is a figurative description of the various dimensions of oral incorporation: love, destruction, preservation within the self of the object and the appropriation of its qualities. The name "cannibalistic stage" is sometimes given to the "oral stage" ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento humano
Key term(s)
  • caníbal
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