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introject
 
SYLLABICATION:in·tro·ject
PRONUNCIATION:  ntr-jkt
TRANSITIVE VERB: To incorporate (characteristics of a person or object) into one's own psyche unconsciously.
ETYMOLOGY:Back-formation from introjection, from German Introjektion : Latin intr-, intro- + Latin -iecti, -iectin-, throwing (from iactus, past participle of iacere, to throw; see inject).
OTHER FORMS:intro·jection —NOUN
 
 
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