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libidinal energy
DEFINITIONS OF:
libidinal energy
1
n
(psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido
Types:
cathexis
,
charge
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
acathexis
(psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual
Type of:
mental energy
,
psychic energy
an actuating force or factor
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