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Cathectic

//kəˈθɛktɪk// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to a connection that is charged with emotional energy.

    "What we are dealing with here is more cathectic energy than the quota of affect as such, but the second is included in the first, as the following quotation shows:"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to cathexis wordnet

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek καθεκτικός (kathektikós, “capable of retaining”)

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