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Definition of Cathexis
1. Noun. (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object. "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"
Category relationships: Analysis, Depth Psychology, Psychoanalysis
Generic synonyms: Libidinal Energy
Derivative terms: Cathectic
Definition of Cathexis
1. Noun. (psychoanalysis) the concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cathexis
1. the concentration of psychic energy on a person or idea [n -THEXES]
Medical Definition of Cathexis
1. Attachment, conscious or unconscious, of emotional feeling and significance to an idea, object or most commonly a person. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cathexis
Literary usage of Cathexis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World by Julian Dibbell (1998)
"I could no longer successfully pretend, either to myself or Jessica, that these
were necessary to the process of untangling whatever knot of mutual cathexis ..."
2. The Urban Condition: space, community, and self in the contemporary metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"... for libidinal cathexis. As Rudi Laermans writes: “Only where others are truly
Other, because they are at once physically near and psychically far, ..."
3. Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing by Larry Chang (2006)
"Possessions can absorb an emotional cathexis, but unlike personal relationships
they feed nothing back. ~ Philip Slater, 1927- ~ The Pursuit of Loneliness, ..."
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