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  • adjective psychoanalysis Denoting a person whose choice of love-interest arises from the dependence of the libido on another instinct (e.g. hunger).
  • adjective Pertaining to an acute emotional dependence on another person or persons.

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  • adjective of or related to relationships that are characterized by the strong dependence of one person on another

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek ἀνάκλιτος ("for reclining"), from ἀνακλίνω. Originally in the phrase anaclitic type, translating Freud's term Anlehnungstypus.

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