cathexis


Meanings

  • (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object;
    • "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"
  • CATHEXIS n pl. -THEXES the concentration of psychic energy on a person or idea

Synonyms


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