LIBIDINAL ENERGY
Dictionary entry overview: What does libidinal energy mean? • 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.
Dictionary entry details
• LIBIDINAL ENERGY (noun)
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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