"seduction theory" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Calque of German Verführungstheorie Etymology templates: {{clq|en|de|Verführungstheorie}} Calque of German Verführungstheorie Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} seduction theory (uncountable)
  1. Sigmund Freud's hypothesis, in the mid-1890s, that a repressed memory of an early childhood sexual abuse experience was the essential precondition for hysterical or obsessional symptoms. Tags: uncountable
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