自じ己こ投とう影えい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

projection (psychology)

Psychological term for unconsciously attributing one's own feelings or traits to others. Used in psychoanalysis and general psychology.

See also: 投影

• 自じ己こ投とう影えいとは、自じ分ぶんの感かん情じょうを他た人にんに映うつし出だす心しん理り機き制せいだ。

  Projection is a psychological mechanism of attributing one's own feelings to others.

• 彼かれの批ひ判はんは、実じつは自じ己こ投とう影えいに過すぎない。

  His criticism is actually nothing more than projection.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

self-insertion; identifying with a fictional character

Fandom and otaku culture term for projecting oneself onto a fictional character or inserting oneself into a story. Often used in fan fiction and role-playing contexts.

• 彼かの女じょはアニメの主しゅ人じん公こうに自じ己こ投とう影えいして楽たのしんでいる。

  She enjoys projecting herself onto the anime protagonist.

• 自じ己こ投とう影えいが強つよすぎると、作さく品ひんを客きゃっ観かん的てきに見みられなくなる。

  If you self-insert too much, you can't view the work objectively.