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cathexis

DEFINITIONS OF: cathexis

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n (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object

“Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge”
Synonyms:
charge
Type of:
libidinal energy
(psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido
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