aphanisis

noun

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀφάνισις (aphánisis, “disappearance”). In the psychology sense, coined by Ernest Jones in 1927.

  1. derived from ἀφάνισις — “disappearance

Definitions

  1. The disappearance of sexual desire, supposed to be the foundation of all neuroses.

  2. The suppression of parts.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for aphanisis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA