cathect

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Definition of cathect in English English dictionary

To focus one's emotional energies on something

To focus ones emotional energies on something

{f} (Psychoanalysis) invest emotional or mental energy in another person or idea or an object

inject with libidinal energy

Related Terms

cathected

Charged with mental or emotional energy

Etymology

[ k&-'thekt, ka- ] (transitive verb.) 1925. Back-formation from cathexis and cathectic.

Tenses

cathecting, cathected