genital personality
- noun
- /ˈdʒɛnɪtəl pɜrˈsənəlɪti/
- Jargon
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personalidad genital
- Unlike the earlier stages, the genital personality is characterized by a focus on love and productivity.
Examples
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According to Freudian theory, a genital personality represents the healthy outcome of psychosexual development.
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She believed that achieving a genital personality allowed individuals to form mature, balanced relationships.
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A person with a strong genital personality can form deep relationships.
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Many psychologists believe that achieving a genital personality is essential for emotional health.
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According to Freudian theory, a genital personality represents the healthy outcome of psychosexual development.
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Many psychologists believe that achieving a genital personality is essential for emotional health.
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She believed that achieving a genital personality allowed individuals to form mature, balanced relationships.
How Mature
Surface Forms
Morphology
The parts 'genital' (relating to sexual/reproductive organs) and 'personality' (pattern of traits) give a clear clue that the phrase concerns a sexual or maturational aspect of character, so some basic sense is recoverable from the constituents. However, the full technical Freudian sense—a mature, well-integrated adult personality contrasted with infantile drives—is specialized and not predictable from the words alone without psychoanalytic background, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Genital personality comes from Freud. He used genital to mean the 'adult stage' when people turn their energy to love and work, so a genital personality is someone emotionally mature and able to have healthy relationships.