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Latency Phase

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

(psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
latency stage
plural
Latency Phases
possessive
Latency Phase's
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Latency Phases'