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libidinal energy

DEFINITIONS OF: libidinal energy

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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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