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1. (n.) cathexis
the investment of emotional significance in an activity, object, or idea.
2. cathexis
the charge of psychic energy so invested.
Etymology: (1920–25; < Gk káthexis retention, der. (with -sis -sis ) of katéchein to keep, hold on to =cat-cat - +échein to have, hold; trans. of G Besetzung (Freud))
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1. (noun) cathexis, charge
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
"Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"
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1. cathexis
Attachment, conscious or unconscious, of emotional feeling and significance to an idea, object or most commonly a person.
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