2. (Psychiatry) the emotional or libidinal energy invested in an object, person, or idea. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
cathexis — 1922, from Gk. kathexis holding, retention. Used by psychologists to render Freud s libidobesetzung … Etymology dictionary
cathexis — [kə theks′is] n. [ModL < Gr kạthexis, a holding (< katechein, to hold fast < kata , down + echein, to hold > OE sige, victory): transl. of Ger besetzung, as used by Freud] Psychoanalysis concentration of psychic energy on some… … English World dictionary
Cathexis — This page describes the general psychological term. For the episode of the same name, see Cathexis (Voyager episode). In psychodynamics, cathexis is defined as the process of investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea.… … Wikipedia
cathexis — somewhat similar to cow, as in don t have a cathexis. It does have a technical meaning in psychiatry, but we don t care about that. To us, it means to get all wrapped round the axle about something. don t have a cathexis, Mitch. I ll be 18 in a… … Dictionary of american slang
cathexis — somewhat similar to cow, as in don t have a cathexis. It does have a technical meaning in psychiatry, but we don t care about that. To us, it means to get all wrapped round the axle about something. don t have a cathexis, Mitch. I ll be 18 in a… … Dictionary of american slang
cathexis — noun (plural cathexes) Etymology: New Latin (intended as translation of German Besetzung), from Greek kathexis holding, from katechein to hold fast, occupy, from kata + echein to have, hold more at scheme Date: 1922 investment of mental or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
cathexis — cathectic /keuh thek tik/, adj. /keuh thek sis/, n., pl. cathexes / thek seez/. Psychoanal. 1. the investment of emotional significance in an activity, object, or idea. 2. the charge of psychic energy so invested. [1920 25; < NL < Gk káthexis a… … Universalium
cathexis — noun the concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea … Wiktionary
cathexis — A conscious or unconscious attachment of psychic energy to an idea, object, or person. [G. kathexis, a holding in, retention] * * * ca·thex·is kə thek səs, ka n, pl ca·thex·es … Medical dictionary
cathexis — катексис … Термины гендерных исследований
