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Definition of Castration anxiety
1. Noun. (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principle apply to women.
Category relationships: Analysis, Depth Psychology, Psychoanalysis
Generic synonyms: Anxiety, Anxiousness
Generic synonyms: Anxiety, Anxiousness
Medical Definition of Castration anxiety
1. A child's fear of injury to the genitals by the parent of the same sex as punishment for unconcious guilt over oedipal feelings, fantasied loss of the penis by a female or fear of its actual loss by a male, unconscious fear of injury from those in authority. Synonym: castration anxiety. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Castration Anxiety
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