projectionismn.
/prəˈdʒɛkʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, /prəˈdʒɛkʃənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /prəˈdʒɛkʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/, /proʊˈdʒɛkʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/ Philosophy.
The theory that some apparent properties of objective reality in fact belong to the mind of the person perceiving it. Also: the theory that religious belief represents a projection of social desires or pressures and is not an innate aspect of humanity.
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1884 Mind 9 610 The physio-psychological conflict between Nativism and Empiricism,..himself deciding for the middle position of Projectionism.
1915 D. C. MacIntosh Probl. of Knowl. xiv. 313 The theory is not identical with projectionism..; the sensequalities are not first ‘in the mind’ or intraorganic, and then ‘projected’.
1975 Contemp. Sociol. 4 424/1 The issue of projectionism then boils down to whether the religious experience is to some degree autonomous..(i.e., a ‘fact’ of human existence), or whether religious experience is a human product.
2004 R. de Sousa in R. C. Solomon Thinking about Feeling 74 This way of describing the situation avoids simple projectionism: what I perceive is not merely the shadow of my own response, but something about the character of a situation as a whole.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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