Pronounced: kwif, noun
Notes: I didn’t know either of the definitions of this word
Yesterday’s word
The word cathexis is “investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1920s
Background / Comments
I confused our word with “catharsis”, which is a purging of emotions through art. The origin for our word is different — it came from New Latin, which came from the Greek word kethexis (holding), which came from katechein (to hold fast; occupy), which came from the verb echein (to have; to hold).
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