SUBLIMATION

Sublimation

In psychology, sublimation is a mature type of defense mechanism where socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are consciously transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior, possibly resulting in a long-term conversion of the initial impulse. Sigmund Freud believed that sublimation was a sign of maturity, allowing people to function normally in culturally acceptable ways. He defined sublimation as the process of deflecting sexual instincts into acts of higher social valuation, being "an especially conspicuous feature of cultural development; it is what makes it possible for higher psychical activities, scientific, artistic or ideological, ...

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sublimation

Noun

  1. The transition of a substance from the solid phase directly to the vapor state such that it does not pass through the intermediate liquid phase.
  2. The transformation of an impulse into something socially constructive.


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