Latent-content
noun, Psychoanalysis.
1.
the hidden meaning of a fantasy or dream, discoverable by analysis of the content of the dream.
latent content n.
The hidden meaning of a dream, fantasy, or thought that can be revealed through interpretation of its images or through free association in psychoanalysis.
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