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LIBIDINAL ENERGY

• LIBIDINAL ENERGY (noun)
The noun LIBIDINAL ENERGY has 1 sense:

1. (psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido

Familiarity information: LIBIDINAL ENERGY used as a noun is very rare.

• LIBIDINAL ENERGY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido

Classified under:

Nouns denoting goals

Hypernyms ("libidinal energy" is a kind of...):

mental energy; psychic energy (an actuating force or factor)

Domain category:

analysis; depth psychology; psychoanalysis (a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "libidinal energy"):

cathexis; charge ((psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object)

acathexis ((psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual)

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Meaning of acathexis
Meaning of cathexis
Meaning of charge
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