anticatexia

Portuguese

Etymology

From anti- +‎ catexia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.t͡ʃi.ka.tekˈsi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.t͡ʃi.ka.tekˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.t͡ʃi.ka.tekˈsi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ti.kɐ.tɨˈksi.ɐ/

Noun

anticatexia f (plural anticatexias)

1. (psychology) anticathexis; countercathexis (the suppression or repression of mental energy)

   Synonym: contracatexia