cathexis

Noun

Meaning

(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

charge commission conservancy interest direction bang care mission concern bearing kick enthusiasm boot complaint curiosity

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Hypernyms

libidinal energy

Examples

Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge Source: Internet

The appearance of a medicine wheel in the episode "Cathexis" was described by Sierra S. Adare as showing Chakotay in the "'good Indian' in the classic Pocahontas sense". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cathetus cathexes cathexion Cathey Catheys Valley Cathi