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SPLITTING EGO [1 record]

Record 1 1984-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology
  • Mental Disorders
DEF

Term used by Freud to denote a very specific phenomenon ...: the coexistence at the heart of the ego of two psychical attitudes towards external reality in so far as this stands in the way of an instinctual demand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie
  • Troubles mentaux
DEF

[...] phénomène pathologique qui affecte la structure du moi. Il résulte d'un conflit entre une exigence pulsionnelle et une objection faite par la réalité.

Key term(s)
  • clivage du «je»

Spanish

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