HyperDic: latency_period

English > 1 sense of the expression latency period:
NOUNtimelatency period, latency stage, latency phase(psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities
English > latency period: 1 sense > noun 1, time
Meaning(psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities.
Synonymslatency stage, latency phase
Categorypsychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychologyA set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders
Part ofchildhoodThe time of person's life when they are a child
Broaderphase, stageAny distinct time period in a sequence of events
Spanishperíodo de latencia

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