noun
Meaning 1
The childlike aspect of a person's psyche, typically, the personality and the memories of one's childhood, especially in the context of coexisting with, and being suppressed by, an adult aspect of the person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
Examples
- 2009, Jo Woodiwiss, Contesting Stories of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Springer Nature (Palgrave Macmillan), 2009, Softcover reprint, page 186, A level of intensity can be seen in Anne's account, although Anne's investment was not so much in the world of her adult self but in the therapeutic world of inner children. [...] Anne worked hard on her healing but the majority of this work was done on, or with, her inner children.
Meaning relationships
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