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Castration Anxiety (Noun)

Meaning

(psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principle apply to women.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Examples

  • Castration anxiety in males often manifests as an irrational fear of being emasculated or losing their masculine identity.
  • According to psychoanalytic theory, the Oedipus complex is closely linked to castration anxiety in young boys.
  • Some psychoanalysts argue that castration anxiety can also be experienced by women, particularly in the context of patriarchal societies that devalue female sexuality.
  • In Freudian psychoanalysis, castration anxiety is seen as a critical factor in the formation of the male psyche during the phallic stage of development.
  • The concept of castration anxiety has been influential in shaping feminist critiques of psychoanalytic theory and its perceived biases against women.

Hypernyms

  • Anxiousness
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