Associations to the word «Cathexis»

Wiktionary

CATHEXIS, noun. (psychoanalysis) The concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea.

Dictionary definition

CATHEXIS, noun. (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object; "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge".

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis