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SUBLIMATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("sublimation" is a kind of...):

alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)

Domain category:

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)

Derivation:

sublimate (direct energy or urges into useful activities)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("sublimation" is a kind of...):

shift; transformation; transmutation (a qualitative change)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Derivation:

sublimate (change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting)

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