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=Freudian Dictionary=
<blockquote>Sublimation is a process that concerns the object-libido and consists in the instinct's directing itself towards an aim other than, and remote from, that of sexual gratification; in this process the accent falls upon the deflection from the sexual aim.<ref>{{Narc}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>The process through which the excessive excitations from individual sexual sources are discharged and utilized in other spheres, so that no small enhancement of mental capacity results from a predisposition which is dangerous as such.<ref>{{TCTS}} III</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>The tendency to repression, as well as the ability to sublimate, must be traced back to the organic bases of the character, upon which Ellone the psychic structure arises.<ref>{{LDV}} Ch. 6</ref></blockquote>
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=Below=
In [[Freud]]'s work, [[sublimation]] is a process in which the [[libido]] is channelled into apparently non-sexual activities such as artistic creation and intellectual work.
Elsewhere Frud suggests tht a mature woman's capacity to pursue an intellectual profession may be a sublimated expression of her childhood desire to acquire a penis.
===Sublimation===
====Explanation====
Sublimation, according to a psychoanalytic perspective, involves diverting sexual or aggressive energy into other channels that are often socially acceptable and even admirable.
====Examples====
A male with aggressive impulses becomes an all-state linebacker on the school football team. Were these same aggressive impulses acted out in common social situations, it would be considered inappropriate and possibly abusive to those on the receiving end. But given that "hitting" is inherent in a contact sport, the student can legitimately channel his aggressive tendencies toward a socially acceptable "performance." Not only does this give the student a release for the unconscious aggression, but it may also provide social approval for reinforcing the aggressive behavior in that context.
==See Also==
* [[Seminar XI]] sublimation, 11, 165
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