Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seduction theory

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables: se-duc-tion the-o-ry
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sigmund Freud's hypothesis, in the mid-1890s, that a repressed memory of an early childhood sexual abuse experience was the essential precondition for hysterical or obsessional symptoms.

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Etymology

Calque of German Verführungstheorie

Usage

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Questions

What does seduction theory mean?: Sigmund Freud's hypothesis, in the mid-1890s, that a repressed memory of an early childhood sexual abuse experience was the essential precondition for hysterical or obsessional symptoms.
Where does seduction theory come from?: Calque of German Verführungstheorie

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