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object relations

ob·ject re·la·tions


plural noun 
Definition:
 
psychoanalytic theory: a psychoanalytic theory that sees a person as motivated by a desire to form bonds with appropriate objects or people, rather than merely satisfying impulses in order to discharge tension

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