Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transitional object

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables: tran-si-tion-al ob-ject
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An object, such as a security blanket or stuffed toy, used by a young child to self-soothe and cope with separation from a parent or other attachment figure.

Example Sentences

"It would also be many years before I learned about [ Donald Winnicott's ] primary contribution to psychoanalysis, the concept of the "transitional object." Babies often make use of a special possession as they learn that they're separate from their mother. It occupies a "territory between the subjective and the objective." It's not "me," but not "not-me," either."

Inflected Forms

transitional objects (plural)

Questions

What does transitional object mean?: An object, such as a security blanket or stuffed toy, used by a young child to self-soothe and cope with separation from a parent or other attachment figure.

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