cathexis
Noun
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(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object (synset 109208509)
"Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"referred to in: analysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis - a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freudis a type of: libidinal energy - (psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libidosame as: charge
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