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Latency Phase (Noun)

Meaning

(psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities.

Classification

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.

Examples

  • During the latency phase, children often redirect their libidinal energy into friendships and group activities.
  • The latency phase is characterized by a repression of overtly sexual feelings and behaviors.
  • Freud believed that the latency phase was a critical period for the development of social and cultural norms.
  • In the latency phase, children may experience a decrease in openly expressed sexual curiosity and exploration.
  • The latency phase is thought to be a time of relative calm before the resurgence of sexual feelings during puberty.

Synonyms

  • Latency Period
  • Latency Stage

Hypernyms

  • Phase
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