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WORD FOR THE DAY(4/30/18)Cathexis
Merriam Webster | 4/30/18 | left that other site

Posted on 04/30/2018 6:07:32 AM PDT by left that other site

WORD FOR THE DAY(4/30/18)Cathexis



Word of the Day : April 30, 2018

cathexis

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Definition

: investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea

Did You Know?

You might suspect that cathexis derives from a word for "emotion," but in actuality the key concept is "holding." Cathexis comes to us by way of New Latin (Latin as used after the medieval period in scientific description or classification) from the Greek word kathexis, meaning "holding." It can ultimately be traced back (through katechein, meaning "to hold fast, occupy") to the Greek verb echein, meaning "to have" or "to hold." Cathexis first appeared in print in 1922 in a book about Freud's psychological theories (which also established the plural as cathexes, as is consistent with Latin), and it is still often used in scientific and specifically psychological contexts.

Examples

"In 2004, Bowie had a heart attack, and he was recently rumored to be in poor health. Leading up to the release of 'The Next Day,' a jittery cathexis formed. Do we judge Bowie as we always have, by his own standards? Would a new album be received reverentially, like those of the post-motorcycle-crash Bob Dylan?" — Sasha Frere-Jones, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2013

"… young lovers who marry during the giddy rush of cathexis, when the hormonal highs of romantic love prompt them to be in love with being in love, often find there's no cement to tightly bind their relationship." — Mike Masterson, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 25 Dec. 2016



TOPICS: Word For The Day
KEYWORDS: cathexis; wordfortheday
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.

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MY ENTRY: My sister tried to encourage me to paint portraits of people's pets to make extra cash, but I did not experience the same cathexis as when I painted pictures of my own fur-babies. The results were not promising!

1 posted on 04/30/2018 6:07:32 AM PDT by left that other site
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To: secret garden; VRWCmember; SoothingDave; Texan5; NicknamedBob; TruthShallSetYouFree; theDentist; ...

Cool-Sounding word today! :-)


2 posted on 04/30/2018 6:08:27 AM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: left that other site

Cathexis: When your catheter is too long......................


3 posted on 04/30/2018 6:11:22 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: Red Badger

Eek!


4 posted on 04/30/2018 6:13:53 AM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: left that other site
The Cat Texas Exit (Cathexis) movement seems to be in full swing...


5 posted on 04/30/2018 7:46:13 AM PDT by moovova
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To: left that other site

It is 71, breezy and mist/rain here, so I’m working on a bid and materials list-

The cathexis of liberal loons
Is all ruled by Hillary’s will-
It has a life of its very own
And appears to be mentally ill

With every what happened tour
She just plays that victim card
Waving some cash so her party
Stays on her leash, under guard

The more she moves to the left
They just follow her direction
By backing socialist candidates
Guaranteed to lose an election...

Please, God-don’t ever, ever let her shut up...


6 posted on 04/30/2018 11:35:51 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: left that other site

Like, is this REALLY supposed to produce some kind of cathexis?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3651453/posts


7 posted on 04/30/2018 1:23:23 PM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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To: MoochPooch

YIKES!


8 posted on 04/30/2018 2:44:51 PM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: moovova

I love herding cats! LOL!


9 posted on 04/30/2018 2:46:45 PM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: Texan5

Indeed. She shyould team up with a certain loudmouthed yout from FL.

Hillary and Hogg
A new cathectic PAC
They’ll chase the votes away
And they’re never coming back!

LOLOL


10 posted on 04/30/2018 2:51:29 PM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: left that other site; Red Badger

Well, well, well. If US-buying left China for hospitable and true capitalistic manufacturing societies, would the resulting cathexit be good, or bad, for the Chinese slaves (er, people) now hand0cuffed to their production lines?


11 posted on 04/30/2018 4:01:07 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE
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To: Robert A Cook PE

I see what you did there!


12 posted on 04/30/2018 6:01:24 PM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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