Posted on 04/30/2018 6:07:32 AM PDT by left that other site
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
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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
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
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!
Cool-Sounding word today! :-)
Cathexis: When your catheter is too long......................
Eek!
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...
Like, is this REALLY supposed to produce some kind of cathexis?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3651453/posts
YIKES!
I love herding cats! LOL!
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
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?
I see what you did there!
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