Dictionary Definition
sublimation
Noun
1 (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to
the gaseous state without becoming liquid
2 (psychology) modifying the natural expression
of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is
socially acceptable
User Contributed Dictionary
Noun
- The transition of a substance from the solid phase directly to the vapor state such that it does not pass through the intermediate liquid phase.
- The transformation of an impulse into something socially constructive.
Translations
phase transition
- German: Sublimierung, Sublimation
- Italian: sublimazione
- Swedish: sublimering
transformation of an impulse
- German: Sublimierung, Sublimation
- Italian: sublimazione
- Swedish: sublimering
Extensive Definition
Sublimation can have several meanings:
- Sublimation (chemistry), the change from solid to gas, while at no point becoming a liquid.
- Sublimation (psychology), the transformation of emotions.
- Dye sublimation, the transference of printed images to a synthetic substrate by the application of heat.
- Sublation, the purification or exaltation of a thing by its negation or redirection.
- in Iain M. Banks' science fiction novels, the process of a civilization becoming one of the Sublimed.
sublimation in German: Sublimierung
sublimation in Spanish: Sublimación
(desambiguación)
sublimation in French: Sublimation
sublimation in Galician: Sublimación
sublimation in Latvian: Sublimācija
sublimation in Dutch: Sublimeren
sublimation in Japanese: 昇華
sublimation in Polish: Sublimacja
sublimation in Russian: Сублимация
sublimation in Slovak: Sublimácia
sublimation in Ukrainian: Сублімація
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
aeration, aerification, alienation, atomization, autism, autistic thinking,
avoidance mechanism, blame-shifting, block, blocking, bolting, clarification, colature, compensation, conversion, decompensation, defense
mechanism, dereism,
dereistic thinking, destructive distillation, displacement, dissociation, distillation, edulcoration, elution, elutriation, emotional
insulation, escape,
escape into fantasy, escape mechanism, escapism, essentialization,
etherealization,
etherification,
evaporation,
exhalation, extraction, fantasizing, fantasy, filtering, filtration, flight, fluidization, fractionation, fumigation, gasification, isolation, leaching, lixiviation, mental block,
negativism, overcompensation,
percolation,
projection, psychotaxis, purification, rationalization,
refinement, repression, resistance, riddling, screening, separation, sieving, sifting, smoking, sociological adjustive
reactions, spiritualization,
steaming, straining, substitution, suppression, symbolization, vaporization, volatilization, winnowing, wish-fulfillment
fantasy, wishful thinking, withdrawal