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Aphanisis

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Noun
  1. 1
    The disappearance of sexual desire, supposed to be the foundation of all neuroses. uncountable
  2. 2
    The suppression of parts. uncountable

Etymology

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

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