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hypercathexis
hypercathexis n.
Brit. 
/ˌhʌɪpəkəˈθɛksɪs/
, /ˌhʌɪpəkəˈθɛksɪs/U.S. /ˌhaɪpərkəˈθɛksəs/
(pl. hypercaˈthexes) Psychology an excessive degree of cathexis./ˌhaɪpərkəˈθɛksəs/ΘΚΠ
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hypercathexis1923
1923 S. Freud in Internat. Jrnl. Psycho-anal. 4 6 Our consideration of the first case, the jealousy paranoia, led to a similar estimate of the importance of the quantitative factor, by showing that there also the abnormality essentially consisted in the hyper-cathexis (over-investment) of the interpretations of another's unconscious behaviour.
1950 J. Strachey tr. S. Freud Totem & Taboo iii. 89 The psychological results must be the same in both cases, whether the libidinal hypercathexis of thinking is an original one or has been produced by regression.
1968 D. Rapaport et al. Diagn. Psychol. Testing (rev. ed.) iii. 108 The drive cathexes are kept in balance and control, harmonizing with and not encroaching upon the ego's functions, nor demanding that it employ its hyper~cathexes to curb them.
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