sublimating
Skipping the liquid
Sublimating is the present participle of sublimate—to transform something, especially a base impulse, into a higher or more socially acceptable form.
In psychology, sublimating channels unacceptable urges into constructive outlets: He's sublimating his anger into his art.
In chemistry, sublimating describes a solid turning directly into gas without passing through liquid: The dry ice was sublimating in the warm air.
Unconscious blocking of thoughts
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- redirectionChange of course
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
coping · transformation · Freud · psychoanalysis · instinct · impulse · neurosis · drive
Complete change of form
- hermeticismAirtight, impervious condition
- calcinationThermal decomposition via heat
- distillationPurification via vaporization
- coagulationLiquid solidifying into mass
alembic · crucible · quintessence · sulfur · mercury · salt · purification · refinement
Height above reference point
- refinementElegance of manner
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
- transformationThorough change in form
- ascensionMovement to higher position
exaltation · spiritualization · transmutation · ethereal · rarefaction · apotheosis · enlightenment · ennobling
repression
Unconscious blocking of thoughts
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- redirectionChange of course
unconscious · coping · transformation · Freud · psychoanalysis · instinct · impulse · neurosis · drive · ego
transmutation
Complete change of form
- hermeticismAirtight, impervious condition
- calcinationThermal decomposition via heat
- distillationPurification via vaporization
coagulation · alembic · crucible · quintessence · sulfur · mercury · salt · purification · refinement · elixir
elevation
Height above reference point
- refinementElegance of manner
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
- transformationThorough change in form
ascension · exaltation · spiritualization · transmutation · ethereal · rarefaction · apotheosis · enlightenment · ennobling · idealization
- decliningdeclining, waning, fading, diminishing, decreasing
- Noble Qualitieshonor, courage, integrity, virtue, kindness
sublimatingdepositing
Placing for safekeeping
deposition · condensing · desublimation · solidifying · frosting
sublimatingmelting
Solid-to-liquid transition
boiling · evaporating · liquefying · condensing · freezing
sublimatingacting out
Expressing distress behaviorally
regressing · indulging · repressing · suppressing · giving in