Sublimation
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A defense mechanism in psychoanalytic theory where socially unacceptable impulses or desires are unconsciously transformed into socially acceptable actions or behaviors.
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Mentioned once in Daphne Returns.
Daphne Returns
Season 8 · Episode 19 · S08E19
“Well, if you ask me, it's a classic case of sublimation, using substituting food for sex.”