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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: cathexis (0.02331 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: cathexis
cathexis
n : (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea
or person or object;
“Freud thought of cathexis as a
psychic analog of an electrical charge” [syn:
charge]
[also:
cathexes (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cathexis
Cathexis
\Cath*ex"is\, n. [Gr. ka`qexis, keeping.]
1. (Psychiatry) the process of investing mental, emotional,
or libidinal energy or significance in an object, person,
or idea.
[PJC]
2. (Psychiatry) the emotional or libidinal energy invested in
an object, person, or idea.
[PJC]
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