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Noun: cathexis (cathexes)  ku'thek-sis
  1. (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
    "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"
    - charge

Derived forms: cathexes

See also: cathectic

Type of: libidinal energy

Encyclopedia: Cathexis

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