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cathexis

/kə'θɛksɪs/

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noun
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
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"Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"

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charge

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libidinal energy

Definition that contains cathexis

acathexis (psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual
cathectic of or relating to cathexis