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cathexis

Noun

ca=thex=is

WORDNET DICTIONARY

cathexis(n = noun.motive) 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"

is a kind of libidinal energy

Derived form adjective cathectic₁

cathexis, n. [Gr. ka`qexis, keeping.].

the process of investing mental, emotional, or libidinal energy or significance in an object, person, or idea. [PJC]
the emotional or libidinal energy invested in an object, person, or idea. [PJC]

cathexis, n. (pl. cathexes) Psychol. concentration of mental energy in one channel.

Derivative

cathectic adj.

Etymology

Gk kathexis retention