Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

organizam

English translation:

project/structure themselves

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Aug 14, 2019 15:13
4 yrs ago
Portuguese term

organizam

Portuguese to English Social Sciences Surveying psicanálise/acadêmico
Ela faz referência a uma hipotética condição neurótica e psicopatológica que goza de predominância nas mulheres devido à forma que estas comumente se organizam.

Não é um termo simples. Em psicanálise, organizar é definido pelo autor como a pessoa se constitui enquanto sujeito. Ele ainda diz:

Mulheres tendem a se organizar de forma histriônica por conta do discursos social e os homens de forma neurótica-obsessiva.

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project/structure themselves

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Example sentence:

The ferocity and abandon with which the women project themselves into these invocations

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agree Nick Taylor : project
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Obrigada, Nick!
agree CRISTIANE PERINI : I also like structure
5 hrs
Obrigada, Cristiane!
agree ulissescarvalho
8 hrs
Obrigada, Ulisses!
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organize themselves

I would definitely translate it literally. There are plenty of examples on-line associated with psychology. Here's a good example:

"She [Jean Baker Miller] maintains that women tend to organize themselves around the ability to preserve ties and close relationships, because nurturing and tenderness are part of their nature. Men, on the other hand, are oriented toward the achievement of goals..." - https://books.google.com/books?id=2435DqYRLSUC&pg=PA20&lpg=P...

Other examples: https://www.google.com/search?ei=bzxUXZzmN4y40PEPq-u6mAs&q=p...
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agree Gilmar Fernandes
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Thank you, Gilmar.
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assume a ....position (with slight changes to the structure)

assume a ....position
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