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cathexis

/kəˈθɛk.sɪs/

Traducción: Término técnico del psicoanálisis que designa la concentración de energía psíquica o emocional, especialmente libidinal, en una idea, persona u objeto determinados.

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C2formalcommontechnical/kəˈθɛk.sɪs/

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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.

  • 🇪🇸Término técnico del psicoanálisis que designa la concentración de energía psíquica o emocional, especialmente libidinal, en una idea, persona u objeto determinados.
  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.

    🇪🇸Catexis (concepto psicoanalítico)

    Sinónimos: chargeinvestment

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