Definitions
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- adjective of or pertaining to cathexis; invested with mental or emotional energy.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to emotional energy, or which has emotional energy focused on it.
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- adjective of or relating to cathexis
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek καθεκτικός (cathecticos, capable of retaining).
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knitandpurl commented on the word cathectic
"Dallington's story had satisfied both Lenox and Jenkins as to the motivation of the brother and the sister, a long cathectic hatred of Queen Victoria, bred into the bone by their ancestors and their father, and flourishing, perhaps, without the soft guidance of a mother."
An Old Betrayal by Charles Finch, p 266
March 4, 2014