latency period

Questions about latency period

What is another word for latency period?

It depends which latency period you mean. In the sense “(psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities”, the synonyms are latency stage, latency phase. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of latency period?

WordNet records no antonym for latency period. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for latency period come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of latency period

• Full entry for latency periodAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for latency periodWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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