cathexis

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  • Noun:
    (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object

Word Origin

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.

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