anaclitic

adjective2

1. •
   Pertaining to an acute emotional dependence on another person or persons.

   • When introjects are weak (or even absent), an anaclitic personality configuration results, characterized by dependency, insecurity, and feelings of helplessness and emptiness. — 2003
2. •
   Denoting a person whose choice of love-interest arises from the dependence of the libido on another instinct (e.g., hunger).

   • I don’t think I have to gloss the true anaclitic purport behind your need to humiliate a woman doctor symbolically. — 1982