Definitions for "Latent content"
What a dream symbolizes, or the material that is disguised in a dream to protect the dreamer. go to glossary index
In psychoanalytic interpretation, the actual wishes and concerns that a dream or behavior is intended to express; usually contrasted with manifest content.
The hidden (i.e., unconscious) meaning of thoughts or actions, especially in dreams or fantasies. In dreams, it is expressed in distorted, disguised, condensed, and symbolic form.