Home > Antonyms > Antonyms for projection

Find the synonyms or antonyms of a word



Antonyms for projection

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pruh-jek-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : prəˈdʒɛk ʃən


Definition of projection

Origin :
  • late 15c., in alchemy, "transmutation by casting a powder on molten metal; 1550s in the cartographical sense "drawing of a map or chart according to scale," from Middle French projection, from Latin proiectionem (nominative proiectio), from past participle stem of proicere (see project (n.)). From 1590s as "action of projecting."
  • noun bulge, overhang
  • noun prediction
Example sentences :
  • "A projection tube of some sort," said the doctor, pointing.
  • Extract from : « The Solar Magnet » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • The "point" was merely a projection of the bluff about twenty feet away.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • Could you not prevail to know the genesis of projection, as well as the continuation of it?'
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • It is a remoter and inferior incarnation of God, a projection of God in the unconscious.
  • Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • But the projection of the head prevented his seeing anything beyond.
  • Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty
  • There was no handle or projection on which they could take hold.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
  • Why should that be a projection of a morbid and devout imagination?
  • Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting
  • His fingers touched a projection in a corner, and he heard a clicking sound.
  • Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
  • In some annoyance I glanced hastily at the projection—and then looked again.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
  • I can equal it, since both generation and projection are implicit in the formula.
  • Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith

Synonyms for projection

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019