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scotomization.

According to some psychoanalytic theories, the mental ability to delete and forget a trauma or overwhelming event.

13 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. According to some psychoanalytic theories, the mental ability to delete and forget a trauma or overwhelming event.

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

The word was borrowed from the word scotoma (blind spot) by psychiatrists in the 1920s. By surface analysis, scot- + -omize + -ate + -ion.

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