cathexis

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A technical noun used in psychoanalysis to refer to the concentration of mental or emotional energy, especially libidinal energy, on a particular idea, person, or object.

• 🇩🇪Psychoanalytischer Fachbegriff für die Konzentration psychischer oder emotionaler Energie, insbesondere libidinöser Energie, auf eine Idee, eine Person oder ein Objekt.

1. Psychoanalytic concept C2 formal

   The concentration of mental or emotional energy on a particular person, idea, or object, often associated with libidinal investment.

   • In psychoanalysis, the patient's cathexis of the therapist is a key part of the transference process.
   • The artist's intense cathexis onto his work was evident in every brushstroke.
   • Freud described cathexis as the investment of psychic energy in a mental representation.

   🇩🇪Psychoanalytisches Konzept

   Synonyme: chargeinvestment

• cathexes plural form
• cathexes' possessive plural form
• cathexis's possessive singular form