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Cathexis vs Abreaction - What's the difference?

cathexis | abreaction |

As nouns the difference between cathexis and abreaction

is that cathexis is (psychoanalysis) the concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea while abreaction is abreaction.

cathexis

English

Noun

(wikipedia cathexis) (cathexes)
  • (psychoanalysis) The concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea.

    • Derived terms

    * cathect * cathectic * countercathexis * decathexis * hypercathexis * recathexis

    abreaction

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross.

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