compromise formation, n.Definitions

A Compromise formation (n.) shows ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in a substitute name, which recalls what I meant to forget as much as what I meant to remember — proof the forgetting half-succeeded.

Compromise formation (n.) occurs ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠when condensation and displacement work together: the dream produces an intermediate common entity — propyl, halfway between amyl and the Propylaea — like the resultant in a parallelogram of forces.

Compromise formation (n.) produces ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a hysterical symptom only where two opposing wishes, from two different systems, can be fulfilled in a single expression — the wish and its punishment in one act.