repetition compulsion

compulsion

[kom-pul´shun] 1. a recurrent, unwanted, and distressing (ego-dystonic) urge to perform an act.2. a compulsive act or ritual; a repetitive and stereotyped action that is performed to ward off some untoward event, although the patient recognizes that it does not do so in any realistic way. It serves as a defensive substitute for unacceptable unconscious ideas or impulses. Failure to perform the compulsive act gives rise to anxiety and tension. Common compulsions involve hand-washing, touching, counting, and checking. adj., adj compul´sive. See also obsessive-compulsive.repetition compulsion in psychoanalytic theory, the impulse to reenact earlier emotional experiences.

repetition compulsion

Psychoanalysis The impulse to reenact earlier emotional experiences, considered by Freud more fundamental than the pleasure principle. Cf Pleasure principle.

单词	repetition compulsion
释义	DictionarySeecompulsion repetition compulsion compulsion [kom-pul´shun] 1. a recurrent, unwanted, and distressing (ego-dystonic) urge to perform an act.2. a compulsive act or ritual; a repetitive and stereotyped action that is performed to ward off some untoward event, although the patient recognizes that it does not do so in any realistic way. It serves as a defensive substitute for unacceptable unconscious ideas or impulses. Failure to perform the compulsive act gives rise to anxiety and tension. Common compulsions involve hand-washing, touching, counting, and checking. adj., adj compul´sive. See also obsessive-compulsive.repetition compulsion in psychoanalytic theory, the impulse to reenact earlier emotional experiences. repetition compulsion Psychoanalysis The impulse to reenact earlier emotional experiences, considered by Freud more fundamental than the pleasure principle. Cf Pleasure principle.
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