GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Cathexis (?), n. [Gr. κάθεξις, keeping.]
1. (Psychiatry) the process of investing mental, emotional, or libidinal energy or significance in an object, person, or idea.
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2. (Psychiatry) the emotional or libidinal energy invested in an object, person, or idea.
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