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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytic terminology
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cathexis  charge  Besetzung  Cathectic  emotional investment
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(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object WordNet 3.0
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(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In psychoanalysis, cathexis is defined as the process of allocation of mental or emotional energy to a person, object, or idea. Wikipedia
The concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea. Wiktionary
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Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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libidinal energy
concept
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psychoanalysis
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cathectic
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Cathexis
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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cathexis, charge
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cathexis
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Besetzung, Cathectic, emotional investment, libidinal investment

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