scotomization

== English == === Etymology === The word was borrowed from the word scotoma (blind spot) by psychiatrists in the 1920s. By surface analysis, scot- +‎ -omize +‎ -ate +‎ -ion. === Noun === scotomization (usually uncountable, plural scotomizations) (psychology) According to some psychoanalytic theories, the mental ability to delete and forget a trauma or overwhelming event. ==== Related terms ==== scotomize === References === Scotomization, Psychoanalysis Dictionary International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis, by the Gale Group, Inc.