scotomization
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The word was borrowed from the word scotoma (blind spot) by psychiatrists in the 1920s.
Noun
[edit]scotomization (usually uncountable, plural scotomizations)
- (psychology) According to some psychoanalytic theories, the mental ability to delete and forget a trauma or overwhelming event.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Scotomization, Psychoanalysis Dictionary International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis, by the Gale Group, Inc.