countercathexis

English edit

Etymology edit

counter- +‎ cathexis

Noun edit

countercathexis (countable and uncountable, plural countercathexes)

(psychology) The suppression or repression of mental energy.

Translations edit

the suppression or repression of mental energy

Portuguese: contracatexia f, anticatexia f

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