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cathexis
noun[ C or U ]
psychology specializeduk /kəˈθek.sɪs/ us /kəˈθek.sɪs/pluralcathexesuk /kəˈθek.siz/ us /kəˈθek.siz/
the act of directing your mental energy towards a particular person, object, or aim :
In the primary process, energy is discharged through cathexis.
This is a pathetic scene, ripe for all sorts of cathexes.
This is not evidence of obsession or psychoanalytical cathexis.
The decreased level and intensity of her feelings of guilt results from the dispersal of cathexes.
Was this really evidence of the power of religious cathexis?
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