anticatexia

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From anti- +‎ catexia.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.t͡ʃi.ka.tekˈsi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.t͡ʃi.ka.tekˈsi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ti.kɐ.tɨˈksi.ɐ/

Noun[edit]

anticatexia f (plural anticatexias)

(psychology) anticathexis; countercathexis (the suppression or repression of mental energy)
Synonym: contracatexia

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