cathexis
/kəˈθeksɪs/noun
mass noun
- Psychoanalysis the concentration of mental energy on one particular person, idea, or object (especially to an unhealthy degree)【精神分析】(尤指过度的)精神集中发泄, 精神专注; 情感贯注。
词源
1920s: from Greek kathexis 'retention', translating German Libidobesetzung, coined by Freud.