| NOUN | motive | libidinal energy | (psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido |
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| Meaning | (psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido. | |
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| Category | psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology | A set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders |
| Narrower | acathexis | (psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis |
| cathexis, charge | (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object | |
| Broader | psychic energy, mental energy | An actuating force or factor |
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