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Projection may serve to effect a split from (annihilate) the object, or to identify with (preserve) the object. It serves an important function in the process of identification; in fact, the question is raised of whether projection can even be operative without a concomitant identification. Projective identification, as first described by Melanie Klein, is extensively discussed. Clinical material illustrates both projective identification and annihilating projection.