Definition of cathexis in English:

cathexis

noun kəˈθɛksɪskəˈTHeksəs

mass nounPsychoanalysis

The concentration of mental energy on one particular person, idea, or object (especially to an unhealthy degree).
〔精神分析〕（尤指过度的）精神集中发泄，精神专注；情感贯注
Example sentencesExamples
- Vincent describes three developmental positions in adolescence: chaos, narcissistic depression, and renewed cathexis of the object.
- Because the structure of cathexis emphasizes affective and normative components of relationships, Wingood and DiClemente refer to it as the structure of affective attachments and social norms.
- The only thing that I can do, or anybody else can do, is to help you see that, and see your way to, what is called in psycho-medical literature, cathexis.
- The title of this series is a pun on Freud's text ‘Mourning and Melancholia,’ which examines object cathexis in libidinal development, the loss of which leads to narcissism.
- Such a cathexis of subjective viewpoints on an external event or character is, of course, common in narrative works associated with Modernism.

Origin

1920s: from Greek kathexis 'retention', translating German Libidobesetzung, coined by Freud.

Definition of cathexis in US English:

cathexis

nounkəˈTHeksəs

Psychoanalysis

The concentration of mental energy on one particular person, idea, or object (especially to an unhealthy degree).
〔精神分析〕（尤指过度的）精神集中发泄，精神专注；情感贯注
Example sentencesExamples
- Such a cathexis of subjective viewpoints on an external event or character is, of course, common in narrative works associated with Modernism.
- The title of this series is a pun on Freud's text ‘Mourning and Melancholia,’ which examines object cathexis in libidinal development, the loss of which leads to narcissism.
- The only thing that I can do, or anybody else can do, is to help you see that, and see your way to, what is called in psycho-medical literature, cathexis.
- Because the structure of cathexis emphasizes affective and normative components of relationships, Wingood and DiClemente refer to it as the structure of affective attachments and social norms.
- Vincent describes three developmental positions in adolescence: chaos, narcissistic depression, and renewed cathexis of the object.

Origin

1920s: from Greek kathexis ‘retention’, translating German Libidobesetzung, coined by Freud.

词汇	cathexis
释义	Definition of cathexis in English: cathexis noun kəˈθɛksɪskəˈTHeksəs mass nounPsychoanalysis The concentration of mental energy on one particular person, idea, or object (especially to an unhealthy degree). 〔精神分析〕（尤指过度的）精神集中发泄，精神专注；情感贯注 Example sentencesExamples Vincent describes three developmental positions in adolescence: chaos, narcissistic depression, and renewed cathexis of the object. Because the structure of cathexis emphasizes affective and normative components of relationships, Wingood and DiClemente refer to it as the structure of affective attachments and social norms. The only thing that I can do, or anybody else can do, is to help you see that, and see your way to, what is called in psycho-medical literature, cathexis. The title of this series is a pun on Freud's text ‘Mourning and Melancholia,’ which examines object cathexis in libidinal development, the loss of which leads to narcissism. Such a cathexis of subjective viewpoints on an external event or character is, of course, common in narrative works associated with Modernism. Origin 1920s: from Greek kathexis 'retention', translating German Libidobesetzung, coined by Freud. Definition of cathexis in US English: cathexis nounkəˈTHeksəs Psychoanalysis The concentration of mental energy on one particular person, idea, or object (especially to an unhealthy degree). 〔精神分析〕（尤指过度的）精神集中发泄，精神专注；情感贯注 Example sentencesExamples Such a cathexis of subjective viewpoints on an external event or character is, of course, common in narrative works associated with Modernism. The title of this series is a pun on Freud's text ‘Mourning and Melancholia,’ which examines object cathexis in libidinal development, the loss of which leads to narcissism. The only thing that I can do, or anybody else can do, is to help you see that, and see your way to, what is called in psycho-medical literature, cathexis. Because the structure of cathexis emphasizes affective and normative components of relationships, Wingood and DiClemente refer to it as the structure of affective attachments and social norms. Vincent describes three developmental positions in adolescence: chaos, narcissistic depression, and renewed cathexis of the object. Origin 1920s: from Greek kathexis ‘retention’, translating German Libidobesetzung, coined by Freud.
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