subjet supposed to know

is the analysand (i.e. Patient's) fantasy that the analyst can penetrate into the secret meaning of his words, resulting in the patient's experience whereby otherwise insignificant details acquire special meaning. This is the logic upon which 'transference' works.

In other words, the analyst is often thought to know the secret meaning of the analysand's words, the significations of speech of which even the speaker is unaware. This supposition alone (the supposition that the analyst is one who knows) causes otherwise insignificant details (chance gestures, ambiguous remarks) to acquire retroactively a special meaning for the patient who 'supposes'.

subjet supposed to know, n.All

subjet supposed to know