English Explanatory Dictionary

primal scene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In Freudian theory, the first time a child witnesses (and understands) his or her parents copulating.

Pronunciation

en-au-primal scene.ogg

Word forms

primal scene primal scenes

Etymology

Calque of German Urszene. Coined by Sigmund Freud in 1914.

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