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[Noun] | "ca*thex*is" | \ kə-ˈthek-səs \
1: investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea
Origin: 1922 ;
New Latin (intended as translation of German Besetzung), from Greek kathexis holding, from katechein to hold fast, occupy, from kata- + echein to have, hold {mat|scheme:1|};
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[ "cathexis" ]
1: A psychoanalytical term. It's defined as the investment of emotional significance in an activity, object, or idea.
In layman terms, the focus of an obsession.
* e.g., ... Guy A: Man, have you seen Joe? What's up with him lately?
Guy B: Being an obsessive stalker like always. This time his cathexis is the girl next door.
Guy A: That's screwed up.
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[ "cathexis" ]
1: The formation of a libidinal investment. The attachment of oneself to a particular external element or a particular alignment of discourse, a role, etc. through the rearticulation of psychological desires/drives which are already present.
* e.g., ... His frustration with his father was repressed, but re-emerged through a cathexis in relation to his boss.
[ "cathexis" ]
2: The verb for is "to cathect".
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