anticathexis

[ an-tee-kuh-thek-sis, an-tahy- ]
/ ˌæn ti kəˈθɛk sɪs, ˌæn taɪ- /

noun Psychoanalysis.

a change from one emotion to its opposite, as from hate to love.

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Origin of anticathexis

anti- + cathexis

Words nearby anticathexis

anticancer, anticapitalist, anticarious, anticatalase, anticatalyst, anticathexis, anticathode, anticavity, anticensorship, anticenter, antichlor
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