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   refined

   /rɪˈfʌɪnd/

   adjective

   • 1. with impurities or unwanted elements having been removed by processing: "refined sugar" Similar purifiedpureclarifiedclearstrainedsiftedfilteredrarefieddistilledconcentratedprocessedtreatedpolishedtechnical:rectifiedOpposite cruderaw
   • ▪ elegant and cultured in appearance, manner, or taste: "her voice was very low and refined" Similar cultivatedculturedpolishedcivilizedstylishelegantsophisticatedurbanecivilpolitegraciouscourtlywell manneredwell bredgentlemanlyladylikegenteelinformal:couthdiscriminatingdiscerningselectivefastidioussensitiveperceptivesophisticatedculturededucatedenlightenedexquisiteimpeccabledelicatefineOpposite boorishcoarse
   • ▪ developed or improved so as to be precise or subtle: "building up a more refined profile of the customer's needs"

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › PsychoanalysisPsychoanalysis - Wikipedia

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   16 hours ago · The theory was refined by Hartmann, Loewenstein, and Kris in a series of papers and books from 1939 through the late 1960s. Leo Bellak was a later contributor. Leo Bellak was a later contributor. This series of constructs, paralleling some of the later developments of cognitive theory, includes the notions of autonomous ego functions: mental functions not dependent, at least in origin, on intrapsychic conflict.