"transitional object" meaning in English

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          "text": "It would also be many years before I learned about [ Donald Winnicott's ] primary contribution to psychoanalysis, the concept of the \"transitional object.\" Babies often make use of a special possession as they learn that they're separate from their mother. It occupies a \"territory between the subjective and the objective.\" It's not \"me,\" but not \"not-me,\" either.",
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        "An object, such as a security blanket or stuffed toy, used by a young child to self-soothe and cope with separation from a parent or other attachment figure."
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        "(psychology) An object, such as a security blanket or stuffed toy, used by a young child to self-soothe and cope with separation from a parent or other attachment figure."
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