Word of the Day - February 22, 2025

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SUBLIMATE

• (esp. in psychoanalytic theory) Divert or modify (an instinctual impulse) into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity
• can also mean to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state.
• to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form [v SUBLIMATED, SUBLIMATING, SUBLIMATES]
• to pass or cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state.