to project
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- verb
- /prəˈdʒɛkt/
- Specialized
- And because of that, what I felt, I projected, is a signal.
- project their own feelings
- project bad characteristics
- projected self
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Watch on YouTubeI think everybody projects more than who they are.
- I think everybody projects more than who they are.
- These are the people that project non-stop.
- Baggage is past experiences that you project on the present world.
- And so it's amazing how much he projects what he's doing onto other people.
- It's very easy to both project and introject with clutter.
- Rage is something that a narcissist projects when it comes to feeling emotions.
- I'm flawed so I can't give get love, but we project it outwards.
- I have been guilty of judging and projecting my judgement.
- So perhaps you're projecting your hopes on to this other person.
- You're almost projecting onto them their superior qualities.
- Let's say you have a feeling for yourself, then you project this feeling towards other people.
- President, is it possible you're just projecting your favorite foods onto them?
- Too many people are going into their dating experiences projecting negativity.
- You can't force your beliefs and project that on someone that thinks something totally different.
- So ask questions, your ability to not project your pain.
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Yeah, well, maybe she was just projecting her own regrets onto you.
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Are they feelings of ours that we project onto the world?
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I think everybody projects more than who they are.
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So ask questions, your ability to not project your pain.
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And when people project, sometimes they can get it wrong.
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Let's say you have a feeling for yourself, then you project this feeling towards other people.
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You interpret the past in terms of the present, or you project the present onto the past.
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Perhaps I'm just projecting my own concern about it.
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But still, you know, your mom, she helped me see that I was just really projecting my own fears onto you, and so I'm sorry for that.
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In our discussions, it's important not to project our insecurities onto others.
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A group of homes or apartment buildings that the government builds and runs for low-income families
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Secret United States project during World War II that developed the first atomic bombs
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An international project by scientists that maps all human genes
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A large, fast project carefully planned to solve a big technical or social problem
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A US space program in 1965 and 1966 that sends people into orbit to test ways for Apollo Moon missions
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A plan showing how much money a project needs and where it will be spent
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A government project that people think wastes money, often in a spending bill
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A project that restores damaged sea areas like coral reefs or seagrass beds
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Etymology
Project comes from old Latin parts pro- ('forward') and ject ('throw'), and a helpful image is of 'throwing' your own feelings onto someone else. So, to project in this sense means to put your feelings or thoughts onto another person.