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=====Definition=====
[[Projection]] is a [[defence|defence mechanism]] in which an [[internal]] [[desire]]/[[thought]]/[[feeling]] is [[displaced]] and located [[outside]] the [[subject]], in [[another ]] [[subject]].
In a general [[sense]], the term [[projection]] denotes an operation that consists in the [[displacement]] of something from one [[space ]] to another, or from one part of a single space to another.
Cutting off what the [[superego]] perceives as "bad" aspects of oneself (e.g. weakness or [[homosexual ]] desire) and [[projection|projecting]] [[them ]] onto someone else "over there" where they can be condemned, punished, etc..
For example a person who has been (or who feels) unfaithful to his partner may [[defend ]] himself against [[feeling]]s of [[guilt]] by accusing the partner of [[being ]] unfaithful.
=====Sigmund Freud=====
[[Freud]] and many [[other ]] [[psychoanalyst]]s use the term "[[projection]]" to describe a [[defence|mechanism]] which is [[present ]] (to differing degrees) in both [[psychosis]] and [[neurosis]].
=====Jacques Lacan=====
=====Introjection=====
[[Lacan]] also rejects the view that [[introjection]] is the [[inversion|inverse]] of [[projection]], arguing that these two [[processes ]] are located on quite different levels.
Whereas [[projection]] is an [[imaginary]] [[defence|mechanism]], [[introjection]] is a [[symbolic]] [[process]].<ref>{{Ec}} p. 655</ref>
=====See Also=====
