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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ˌsubliˈmation /ˌsʌblɪˈmeɪʃən/ n - (in Freudian psychology) the diversion of psychic energy derived from sexual impulses into nonsexual activity, esp of a creative nature
- the process or an instance of sublimating
- something sublimated
- the process or instance or subliming
sub•li•mate /ˈsʌbləˌmeɪt/USA pronunciation v., -mat•ed, -mat•ing. - Psychiatryto redirect the energy of (a biological drive) from its immediate object to a more acceptable or productive nature or goal:Once he settled down, he sublimated his desires for women into a daily regimen of exercise.
sub•li•ma•tion /ˌsʌbləˈmeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]See -lim-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sub•li•mate (v. sub′lə māt′;n., adj. sub′lə mit, -māt′),USA pronunciation v., -mat•ed, -mat•ing, n., adj. v.t. - Psychiatryto divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- Chemistry
- to sublime (a solid substance);
extract by this process. - to refine or purify (a substance).
- to make nobler or purer:To read about great men sublimates ambition.
v.i. - to become sublimated;
undergo sublimation.
n. - Chemistrythe crystals, deposit, or material obtained when a substance is sublimated.
adj. - purified or exalted;
sublimated.
- Latin sublīmātus (past participle of sublīmāre to elevate), equivalent. to sublīm(is) sublime + -ātus -ate1
- late Middle English: exalted, sublimated 1425–75
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