an unconscious psychic process by which a person incorporates into his or her own psychic apparatus the characteristics of another person or object
Word origin
[1865–70; intro- + (in)jection]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dunk, figure skating, goulash, steamroller, valence
Examples of 'introjection' in a sentence
introjection
Prominent concepts on this issue include internalization, identification, incorporation and introjection.
Riza Cumhur Boratav, Ibrahim Taymur 2013, 'Internalization, Incorporation, Introjection and Identification', Psikiyatride Guncel Yaklasimlarhttp://www.cappsy.org/archives/vol5/no3/cap_05_22.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)