projecting
v.v. to imagine that other people have the same feelings or problems that you have, especially when you do not want to admit you have them yourself. It is a way of protecting your own feelings by seeing them in someone else.
v. to attribute one's own repressed thoughts, feelings, or impulses to another person as a psychological defense mechanism. Typically involves the unconscious denial of negative traits in oneself while perceiving them in others.
He is projecting his own anger onto his coworkers.
When she accused her partner of being dishonest, she was actually projecting her own guilt about the secret.
In clinical settings, a patient might be projecting their insecurities onto the therapist, viewing the professional's neutral stance as a form of personal rejection or judgment.
The verb is transitive and typically takes a direct object (the feeling) followed by the preposition 'onto'.
He is projecting his fear to meHe is projecting his fear onto meIn a psychological context, the verb 'project' almost always pairs with the preposition 'onto' rather than 'to'.