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cathexis
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[kəˈθɛksɪs], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the concentration of mental energy on one particular person, idea, or object (especially to an unhealthy degree)
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Origin
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1920s: from Greek kathexis ‘retention’, translating German Libidobesetzung, coined by Freud
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