overdetermination /over·de·ter·mi·na·tion/ (-de-ter″mĭ-na´shun) the concept that every dream, disorder, aspect of behavior, or other emotional reaction or symptom has multiple causative factors.
o·ver·de·ter·mi·na·tion (  v r-d -tûrm-n  shn)n. In psychoanalytic theory, the concept that multiple causes collaborate to produce a single behavior, emotion, mental symptom, or dream. |
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