'Sublimation' definitions:
Definition of 'sublimation'
(from WordNet)
noun
(chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid
noun
(psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable
Definition of 'Sublimation'
From: GCIDE
- Sublimation \Sub"li*ma`tion\, n. [LL. sublimatio: cf. F. sublimation.]
- 1. (Chem.) The act or process of subliming, or the state or result of being sublimed. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of heightening or improving; exaltation; elevation; purification. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which is sublimed; the product of a purifying process. [1913 Webster]
- Religion is the perfection, refinement, and sublimation of morality. --South. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sublimation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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