cathexis
发音
How to pronounce cathexis in British English: 英 [kə'θeksɪs]
How to pronounce cathexis in American English: 美 [kə'θeksɪs]
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- Noun:
- (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
单词词源
- cathexis (n.)
- 1922, from Latinized form of Greek kathexis "holding, retention," from PIE root *segh- "to hold" (see scheme (n.)). Used by psychologists to render Freud's (libido)besetzung.