Mental Process
cathexis
ca·thex·is [ kuh-thek-sis ]
Subclass of:
Psychologic Displacement
Definitions related to cathexis:
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Attachment, conscious or unconscious, of emotional feeling and significance to an idea, object or most commonly a person.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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In psychoanalysis, a conscious or unconscious of psychic energy in an idea, concept, object or person. Compare with acathexis.Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and PsychologyBJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
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