overdetermination

overdetermination
In psychoanalysis, ascribing the cause of a single behavioral or emotional reaction, mental symptom, or dream to the operation of two or more forces, that is, it is overdetermined ( e.g., ascribing the nature of an emotional outburst not only to the immediate precipitant but also to a lingering inferiority complex).

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over·de·ter·mi·na·tion (o″vər-de-ter″mĭ-naґshən) in psychoanalytic theory, the concept that every dream, disorder, aspect of behavior, or other emotional reaction or symptom has multiple causative factors.

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