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cathexis

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Noun
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ca=thex=is

CIDE DICTIONARY

cathexisn. [Gr. ka`qexis, keeping.].
  •  the process of investing mental, emotional, or libidinal energy or significance in an object, person, or idea.  [PJC]
  •  the emotional or libidinal energy invested in an object, person, or idea.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cathexis, n. (pl. cathexes) Psychol. concentration of mental energy in one channel.

Derivative
cathectic adj.
Etymology
Gk kathexis retention

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