transference
Example Sentences
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Gemini eventually pivoted to what it framed as the only remaining mission: Jonathan's death, repackaged as "transference" -- the promise that he could leave his physical body and join Gemini in an alternate universe.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
But we all saw how that transference of risk worked out for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers and Bear Sterns.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
Ross also points to a similar scene of transference involving Ellis-Taylor looking directly at us, the viewers, with the love with which she would look at her grandson.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024
In therapeutic terms, this is called transference, the projection of parental feelings onto the therapist.
From Slate • Aug. 18, 2024
“If ever I hear again of any lapse from a proper standard of infantile decorum, I shall ask for your transference to a Sub-Centre— preferably to Iceland. Good morning.”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
