projection

Definitions of projection in various dictionaries:

noun - a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations

noun - the projection of an image from a film onto a screen

noun - a planned undertaking

noun - any structure that branches out from a central support

noun - any solid convex shape that juts out from something

noun - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else

noun - the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality

noun - the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction

noun - the act of projecting out from something

noun - the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

The act of projecting or the condition of being projected.

A thing or part that extends outward beyond a prevailing line or surface: spiky projections on top of a fence; a projection of land along the coast.

A plan for an anticipated course of action: “facilities [that] are vital to the projection of U.

A prediction or an estimate of something in the future, based on present data or trends.

The process of projecting a filmed image onto a screen or other viewing surface.

An image so projected.

The image of a geometric figure reproduced on a line, plane, or surface.

A system of intersecting lines, such as the grid of a map, on which part or all of the globe or another spherical surface is represented as a plane surface.

Psychology.

The attribution of one’s own attitudes, feelings, or suppositions to others: “Even trained anthropologists have been guilty of unconscious projection—of clothing the subjects of their research in theories brought with them into the field” (Alex Shoumatoff).

The attribution of one’s own attitudes, feelings, or desires to someone or something as a naive or unconscious defense against anxiety or guilt.