"castration anxiety" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: castration anxieties [plural]
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  1. (psychology) The literal or metaphorical fear of emasculation; associated with the early psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud. Wikipedia link: castration anxiety Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: vagina dentata

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