cathexis

[kə'θɛksɪs]
  • n. 全神贯注

英英释义


1. (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object;
"Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"

双语例句


1. Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge.
Freud认为性欲发泄是同电荷释放类似的精神现象.

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2. In psychoanalysis, cathexis is the libido's charge of energy.
在精神分析学中, 性欲发泄是性冲动的一种释放.

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英文词源


cathexis (n.)
1922, from Latinized form of Greek kathexis "holding, retention," from PIE root *segh- "to hold" (see scheme (n.)). Used by psychologists to render Freud's (libido)besetzung.

词态变化


复数: cathexes;