transference

n. carrying to-, sending to-, crossing, conveyance

Transference is a phenomenon in psychology characterized by unconscious redirection of feelings for one person to another. One definition of transference is "the inappropriate repetition in the present of a relationship that was important in a person's childhood." Another definition is "the redirection of feelings and desires and esp. of those unconsciously retained from childhood toward a new object." Still another definition is "a reproduction of emotions relating to repressed experiences, esp. of childhood, and the substitution of another person . . . for the original object of the repressed impulses." Transference was first described by Sigmund Freud, who acknowledged its importance for psychoanalysis for better understanding of the patient's feelings.
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Transference /trans·fer·ence/ in psychotherapy, the unconscious tendency to assign to others in one's present environment feelings and attitudes [more]Transference - Community and Resources

Noun
1. (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst
(hypernym) displacement
(hyponym) countertransference
(classification) psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology
2. transferring ownership
(synonym) transfer
(hypernym) transaction, dealing, dealings
(hyponym) alienation
(derivation) transfer
3. the act of transfering something from one form to another; "the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise"
(synonym) transfer
(hypernym) change of state

n. transference