/an'euh kluy"sis/ , n. Psychoanal.
the choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of a resemblance to early childhood protective and parental figures.
[ anáklisis a reclining, equiv. to anakli-, var. s. of anaklínein to lean (something) upon ( ana- ANA- + klínein to lean) + -sis -SIS ]