WordNet: cathexis, charge

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

• domain: topic analysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis

• hypernym libidinal energy

cathexis

• (englanti) cathectic (derivationally related)
• (suomi) katekti (synonyymi; <unconfirmed/>)

charge

• (suomi) viettienergiavaraus (synonyymi)