primal scene
noun Psychoanalysis.
a child's first real or imagined observation of parental sexual intercourse.
Origin of primal scene
First recorded in 1920–25
Words nearby primal scene
prima-facie evidence,
primacy,
primaeval,
primage,
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primal scream,
primal therapy,
primaquine,
primaries,
primarily
Medical definitions for primal scene
primal scene
n.
In psychoanalysis, the actual or imagined observation by a child of sexual intercourse, particularly between the parents.