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Cathexis

nounid 35930·updated May 18, 2026
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(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object

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charge
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Cathexis's
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Cathexises'

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

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