First Known Use: 1922
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anaclitic
adjective an·a·clit·ic \ˌa-nə-ˈkli-tik\
Definition of ANACLITIC
: of, relating to, or characterized by the direction of love toward an object (as the mother) that satisfies nonsexual needs (as hunger)
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Origin of ANACLITIC
Greek anaklitos, verbal of anaklinein to lean upon, from ana- + klinein to lean — more at lean
Rhymes with ANACLITIC
ammonitic, analytic, anchoritic, anthracitic, catalytic, cenobitic, coprolitic, diacritic, dialytic, doleritic, dolomitic, dynamitic, eremitic, granulitic, higher critic, hypercritic, laryngitic, paralytic, parasitic, sodomitic, stalactitic, stalagmitic, sybaritic, syphilitic, thallophytic, thrombolytic, troglodytic, Ugaritic
Medical Dictionary
anaclitic
adjective an·a·clit·ic \an-ə-ˈklit-ik\
Medical Definition of ANACLITIC
: of, relating to, or characterized by the direction of love toward an object (as the mother) that satisfies nonsexual needs (as hunger)
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