latent content

Noun

Meaning

(psychoanalysis) hidden meaning of a fantasy or dream

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Examples

For Freud an unpleasant manifest content may still represent the fulfilment of a wish on the level of the latent content. Source: Internet

In the clinical setting Freud encouraged free association to the dream's manifest content in order to facilitate access to its latent content. Source: Internet

Manifest content often masks or obscures latent content. Source: Internet

Freud's theory describes dreams as having both manifest and latent content. Source: Internet

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