English Dictionary

transitional object

noun

(psychology) An object, such as a security blanket or stuffed toy, used by a young child to self-soothe and cope with separation from a parent or other attachment figure.

She still keeps her childhood teddy bear as a transitional object.

意味（1）

(psychology) An object, such as a security blanket or stuffed toy, used by a young child to self-soothe and cope with separation from a parent or other attachment figure.

It would also be many years before I learned about [ Donald Winnicott's ] primary contribution to psychoanalysis, the concept of the transitional object. Babies often make use of a special possession as they learn that they're separate from their mother. It occupies a territory between the subjective and the objective. It's not me, but not not-me, either.