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.
See
Random Words:
1.
It is a really annoying chain letter that goes a little something like this:
In 1945, a young girl named Katu Lata Kulu came to Amer..
1.
A shooting term. Young, yet talented shooter.
Slang for someone inexperience in sex. A somewhat positive term.
A:How is that new guy..
