transference UK /ˈtɹansf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/US /tɹænsˈfɝəns/ noun2 •The act of conveying from one place to another; the act of transferring or the fact of being transferred. •The process by which emotions and desires, originally associated with one person, such as a parent, are unconsciously shifted to another. formstransferences