Usually means: Investment of emotional energy, object.
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  1. cathexis: Merriam-Webster
  2. cathexis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cathexis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cathexis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cathexis: Vocabulary.com
  6. cathexis: Wordnik
  7. cathexis: Wiktionary
  8. cathexis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. cathexis: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. cathexis: Dictionary.com
  11. Cathexis (comics), Cathexis (disambiguation), Cathexis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. cathexis: Rhymezone
  13. cathexis: FreeDictionary.org
  14. cathexis: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. cathexis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. cathexis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cathexis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. cathexis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Cathexis: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  7. cathexis: Medical dictionary
  8. Cathexis: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cathexis: A Word A Day

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cathexis: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cathexis)

noun:  (psychoanalysis) The concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea.

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