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anticathexis

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[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.

Etymology

Origin of anticathexis

anti- + cathexis

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