latency phase

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   (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities

   Synonymslatency stagelatency period

   Broaderphase

   Part ofchildhood

   psychoanalysis

Questions about latency phase

What does latency phase mean?

latency phase means "(psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities".