English Explanatory Dictionary

scotomization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. According to some psychoanalytic theories, the mental ability to delete and forget a trauma or overwhelming event.

Word forms

scotomization scotomizations

Etymology

The word was borrowed from the word scotoma (blind spot) by psychiatrists in the 1920s. By surface analysis, scot- + -omize + -ate + -ion.

Related words

scotomize
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