Vocab Bloom Hub

cathexis

/kəˈθɛk.sɪs/

Traduction: Terme technique en psychanalyse désignant la concentration d'énergie psychique ou émotionnelle, notamment libidinale, sur une idée, une personne ou un objet.

1 entrée

noun

/kəˈθɛk.sɪs/C2formaltechnical
  • frTerme technique en psychanalyse désignant la concentration d'énergie psychique ou émotionnelle, notamment libidinale, sur une idée, une personne ou un objet.

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.

indénombrable

  1. Psychoanalytic conceptC2formal

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

    frCathexis (psychanalyse)

    • 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.

    Synonymeschargeinvestment

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