sublimation

sublimation /sub·li·ma·tion/ (sub″lĭ-ma´shun)

1. the conversion of a solid directly into the gaseous state.

2. an unconscious defense mechanism by which consciously unacceptable instinctual drives are expressed in personally and socially acceptable channels.

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sub·li·ma·tion (sbl-mshn)

n.

1. The act or process of sublimating.

2. Something that has been sublimated.

3. An unconscious defense mechanism in which unacceptable instinctual drives and wishes are modified into more personally and socially acceptable channels.

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sublimation

[-limā′shən]

Etymology: L, sublimare

1 an unconscious defense mechanism by which an unacceptable instinctive drive is diverted to and expressed through a personally approved, socially accepted means.

2 (in psychoanalysis) the process of diverting certain components of the sex drive to a socially acceptable, nonsexual goal. Compare displacement.

3 change in a physical state from the solid phase directly to the gas phase.

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sublimation

the conversion of a solid directly into the gaseous state.

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sublimation

Psychiatry An ego defense mechanism, operating unconsciously, by which instinctual drives, consciously unacceptable, are diverted into personally and socially acceptable channels