noun
(psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities
• Syn: ↑latency phase, ↑latency period
• Topics: ↑psychoanalysis, ↑analysis, ↑depth psychology
• Part Holonyms: ↑childhood
Useful english dictionary. 2012.