scotomization

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounscotomization (usually uncountable, plural scotomizations)

plural scotomizations

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

Origin

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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APA

scotomization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scotomization

MLA

“scotomization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scotomization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scotomization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scotomization.

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