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单词 cathectic
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Definition of cathectic in English:

cathectic

adjective kəˈθɛktɪkkəˈTHektik
Psychoanalysis
  • Relating to cathexis.

    〔心理分析〕(与)精神集中发泄(有关)的;聚精会神的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • By October 1977 when the paintings were first exhibited, their cathectic energy had become exhausted - so much so that the presence of these extraordinary pictures was no longer regarded a necessity in Germany.
    • Perhaps, dislocated as they are now from their original telos, the cycle could continue to release cathectic energies and be transformed into a nonspecific work of mourning.
    • Both neo-colonial and advanced capitalist/colonial states organize and reinforce a cathectic structure based in sexual difference, which they enforce through a variety of means, including legislation.
    • The scene describing the woman's encounter with the Latino boy suggests that their relationship has a cathectic dynamic.
    • Indeed, it requires a ‘great expense of time and cathectic energy’ during which ‘the existence of the lost object is psychically prolonged.’

Origin

1920s: from Greek kathektikos 'capable of holding'.

Definition of cathectic in US English:

cathectic

adjectivekəˈTHektik
Psychoanalysis
  • Relating to cathexis.

    〔心理分析〕(与)精神集中发泄(有关)的;聚精会神的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • By October 1977 when the paintings were first exhibited, their cathectic energy had become exhausted - so much so that the presence of these extraordinary pictures was no longer regarded a necessity in Germany.
    • The scene describing the woman's encounter with the Latino boy suggests that their relationship has a cathectic dynamic.
    • Perhaps, dislocated as they are now from their original telos, the cycle could continue to release cathectic energies and be transformed into a nonspecific work of mourning.
    • Indeed, it requires a ‘great expense of time and cathectic energy’ during which ‘the existence of the lost object is psychically prolonged.’
    • Both neo-colonial and advanced capitalist/colonial states organize and reinforce a cathectic structure based in sexual difference, which they enforce through a variety of means, including legislation.

Origin

1920s: from Greek kathektikos ‘capable of holding’.

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