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SUBLIMATION (1)
SUBLIMATION (1)
ScnMaster
(
Freudian
psychology
)
a defense
mechanism
by which the
individual
satisfies a socially prohibited instinctive
drive
(usually sexual or aggressive) through the
substitution
of socially acceptable
behavior
. For
example
, someone with strong sexual drives who paints nude portraits may be engaging in
sublimation
.
—
3rd South African
unpublished Appr GLS (19.3.92)