primal scene

primal scene
pri·mal scene 'prī-məl-'sēn n the first instance of parental sexual intercourse that a child observes broadly sexual intercourse observed by a child

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  • primal scene — noun : sexual intercourse performed by parents and observed by their child permitted to … witness parental nakedness and primal scenes Victor Eisenstein …   Useful english dictionary

  • primal scene — Psychoanal. a child s first real or imagined observation of parental sexual intercourse. [1920 25] * * * …   Universalium

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