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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesinvestissement
Pronunciation / Transliteration: in-ves-tis-se-mant
"Son investissement émotionnel dans ce projet était total."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The concentration of mental energy, emotion, or desire upon a particular person, idea, or object.
"His intense cathexis toward the vintage car collection bordered on obsession." - 2
In psychoanalysis, the investment of psychic energy in an object or person.
"The therapist noted a sudden shift in the patient's emotional cathexis from his mother to his work."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in 1922 by psychoanalyst James Strachey as the standard English translation of Sigmund Freud's German term 'Besetzung' (literally 'occupation'). It derives from the Greek words 'kathexis', from 'katechein' meaning 'to occupy' or 'to hold fast' (from 'kata-' down + 'echein' to have, hold).
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cathexis" is said worldwide
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investissement
Transliteration: in-ves-tis-se-mant
"Son investissement émotionnel dans ce projet était total."
Besetzung
Transliteration: bəˈzɛtsʊŋ
"Die psychische Besetzung bindet emotionale Energie an ein Objekt."
catessi
Transliteration: kaˈtɛs.si
"La catessi rappresenta l'investimento di energia libidica."
catexis
Transliteration: kaˈtek.sis
"La catexis es un concepto fundamental en el psicoanálisis freudiano."
catexe
Transliteration: kaˈtɛ.zi
"A catexe refere-se ao investimento de energia psíquica."
कैटएक्सिस
Transliteration: kait-ek-sis
Script: कैटेक्सिस
"मनोविश्लेषण में कैटेक्सिस मानसिक ऊर्जा का निवेश है।"
力比多倾注
Transliteration: lì bǐ duō qīng zhù
"力比多倾注是精神分析学中的一个重要概念。"
리비도 투자
Transliteration: ribido tuja
"정신분석학에서 카테시스는 정신 에너지의 투자를 의미합니다."
リビドー傾注
Transliteration: ribidō keichū
"カテシスは精神エネルギーの対象への集中を指します。"
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