Cathexis

What is Cathexis?


1.

The formation of a libidinal investment. The attachment of oneself to a particular external element or a particular alignment of discourse, a role, etc. through the rearticulation of psychological desires/drives which are already present.

The verb for is "to cathect".

His frustration with his father was repressed, but re-emerged through a cathexis in relation to his boss.

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