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单词 cathexis
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ca•thex•is  (kə theksis),USA pronunciation n., pl. -thex•es (-theksēz).USA pronunciation [Psychoanal.]
  1. Psychologythe investment of emotional significance in an activity, object, or idea.
  2. Psychologythe charge of psychic energy so invested.
  • Greek káthexis a keeping, equivalent. to kathek- (variant stem of katéchein to keep, hold on to, equivalent. to cat cat- + échein to have, hold) + -sis -sis, as translation of German Besetzung a taking possession of (Freud's term)
  • Neo-Latin
  • 1920–25;
ca•thec•tic  (kə thektik),USA pronunciation adj. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cathexis /kəˈθɛksɪs/ n ( pl -thexes / -ˈθɛksiːz/)
  1. concentration of psychic energy on a single goal
Etymology: 20th Century: from New Latin, from Greek kathexis, from katekhein to hold fast, intended to render German Besetzung a taking possession of
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