VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / acathexis

Thesaurus: acathexis

(psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

arousedefinitioncathexisdefinitionconditiondefinitionemotiondefinitionindividualdefinitionlackdefinitionmemoriesdefinitionobjectsdefinitionpsychoanalysisdefinitionsignificantdefinitionacathexiafamilyacarusneighboracaryoteneighboracatalecticneighboracatalepsyneighboracatalepticneighboracataphasianeighboracaterneighboracatersneighboracatesneighboracaudalneighboracaudateneighboracaulescentneighboracaulineneighboracauloseneighboracaulousneighborACCneighboraccadianneighbor

Definitions

  1. n. (psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual
  2. n (psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual