primal scene

pri·mal scene

in psychoanalysis, the actual or fantasized observation by a child of sexual intercourse, particularly between the parents.

primal scene

Psychiatry In psychoanalytic theory, the real or fancied observation by the infant of parental or other heterosexual intercourse

pri·mal scene

(prī'măl sēn) psychoanalysis The actual or fantasized observation by a child of sexual intercourse, particularly between the child's parents.

primal scene

(prī′măl) In psychiatry, the term for a child's first observation of sexual intercourse, real or imagined.