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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Cathexis

· Cath·ex·is · IPA /kəˈθɛk sɪs/
01 n. the process of investing mental, emotional, or libidinal energy or significance in an object, person, or idea.
  1. 1.
    the process of investing mental, emotional, or libidinal energy or significance in an object, person, or idea.(Psychiatry)
  2. 2.
    the emotional or libidinal energy invested in an object, person, or idea.(Psychiatry)