Cathexes

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cathexes
       See {cathexis}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cathexis


       n : (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea
           or person or object; "Freud thought of cathexis as a
           psychic analog of an electrical charge" [syn: {charge}]
       [also: {cathexes} (pl)]