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castration anxiety
 

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Noun castration anxiety has 1 sense
  1. castration anxiety - (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principal apply to women
    --1 is a kind of     anxiety, anxiousness

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Castration Anxiety

Definition: Castration Anxiety refers to a psychoanalytic theory proposed by Sigmund Freud that represents the fear or anxiety experienced by young boys during the phallic stage of psychosexual development, leading to the suppression of their sexual desires.

Sense 1 (Psychology):

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: A concept in psychoanalysis that describes the fear of losing one's genitals or sexual power, usually experienced by young boys during the Oedipal complex.

Sample Sentence: He underwent therapy to address his castration anxiety and unravel the underlying psychological factors affecting his relationships.

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