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figurative (chiefly from senses 6 and 9). transitive. Psychology. To attribute (an emotion, state of mind, etc.) to an external object or person…
transitive. To incorporate an inward image of (an external object, or the values and attitudes of others) into oneself. Cf. introjection, n. 2 3.