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#122827 02/13/04 04:55 PM
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Subject: A.Word.A.Day--cathexis
cathexis (kuh-THEK-sis) noun, plural cathexes (-THEK-seez)
Concentration of emotional energy on an object or idea.
[Greek kathexis, holding, retention, from katekhein, to hold fast : kat-,kata-, intensive prefix + ekhein, to hold.]



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so one might need catharsis after cathexis?





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so one might need catharsis after cathexis?

Only if you were "anal-retentive".




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