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    LATENCY PHASE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activitiesplay

    Synonyms:

    latency period; latency phase; latency stage

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

    Hypernyms ("latency phase" is a kind of...):

    phase; stage (any distinct time period in a sequence of events)

    Domain category:

    analysis; depth psychology; psychoanalysis (a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud)

    Holonyms ("latency phase" is a part of...):

    childhood (the time of person's life when they are a child)

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