Associations to the word «Cathexis»
Adjective
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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
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly
sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.