Usually means: Investing emotional energy in objects.
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  1. cathectic: Merriam-Webster
  2. cathectic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cathectic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cathectic: Vocabulary.com
  5. cathectic: Wordnik
  6. cathectic: Wiktionary
  7. cathectic: Dictionary.com
  8. cathectic: Rhymezone
  9. cathectic: FreeDictionary.org
  10. cathectic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. cathectic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. cathectic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. cathectic: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cathectic)

▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to a connection that is charged with emotional energy.

Similar:
cathected, catelectrotonic, hypercathectic, affective, Catharistic, pathetical, emotional, cathodic, charismatic, cationic, more...

Opposite:
anacathectic

Types:
cathartic, emotional, moving, powerful, provocative, more...

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Similar:
cathected, catelectrotonic, hypercathectic, affective, Catharistic, pathetical, emotional, cathodic, charismatic, cationic, more...

Opposite:
anacathectic

Types:
cathartic, emotional, moving, powerful, provocative, more...



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