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- German · calque ofAnlehnung
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἀνάκλισις
- English todayanaclisis
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάκλισις (anáklisis), intended as a calque of German Anlehnung.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
anaclisis
Today it means: The choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of a resemblance to early childhood protective and parental figures. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἀνάκλισις ← German Anlehnung