noun
parturiency
Parturiency (noun) means a quality or process that produces something new.
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1
A quality or process that produces something new.
2
(psychology) A stage in therapy when a client is swept up in emotion rather than insight, seeming to re-experience feelings without seeing them clearly.
"If a parturiency is more disturbing and doesn't quickly return to nascence, the therapist may wish to indicate this to the client with some brief statement, such as "I'm feeling grumpy about something and I don't quite know what it is.""
— Raymond J. Corsini, Handbook of Innovative Psychotherapies (1981)
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Rhymes for parturiency
agency
latency
urgency
potency
decency
regency
currency
tendency
clemency
leniency
frequency
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What is the meaning of parturiency?
"parturiency" (noun) means a quality or process that produces something new.
What is another word for parturiency?
Other words for "parturiency" include confinement, labour, labor, childbed, travail.
What are the different meanings of parturiency?
"parturiency" has 2 main meanings: 1. A quality or process that produces something new; 2. (psychology) A stage in therapy when a client is swept up in emotion rather than insight, seeming to re-experience feelings without seeing them clearly.
