Definition of cathexis

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Definition of cathexis

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

    Examples

    1. Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge

    Synonyms

    1. charge

See definition of cathexis in Merriam Webster