释义 |
protoˈtaxic, a. Psychol. [f. proto- + taxis + -ic.] Applied to a hypothetical first or basic stage of experiencing or receiving impressions; also, related to a primal type of experience. See also parataxic, syntaxic adjs.
1945P. Mullahy in Psychiatry VIII. 183/2 Prototaxic symbolization seems without reference to an ego, to ‘I’ or ‘me’ because the infant has no, or only a rudimentary, self. 1953H. S. Sullivan Interpersonal Theory of Psychiatry (1955) ii. 28 These modes are: the prototaxic, the parataxic, and the syntaxic. I shall offer the thesis that these modes are primarily matters of ‘inner’ elaboration of events. Ibid. 29 The prototaxic mode, which seems to be the rough basis of memory, is the crudest..the earliest, and possibly the most abundant mode of experience. 1969A. Neel Theories of Psychol. xx. 247 The first state he [sc. Sullivan] called the prototaxic. 1972L. Saltzman in Freedman & Kaplan Interpreting Personality vi. 176 (heading) Prototaxic mode of experience. 1975J. C. Gowan Trance, Art & Creativity ii. 24 The prototaxic mode is notable for the scary, hair-raising aspect of the numinous. |