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anticathexis

anticathexis noun: countercathexis.

Noun

anticathexis (countable and uncountable, plural anticathexes)

  1. countercathexis

Forms of anticathexis

pluralanticathexes

Origin of anticathexis

From anti- + cathexis.

Questions about anticathexis

What does anticathexis mean?
Anticathexis means countercathexis.
What part of speech is anticathexis?
Anticathexis is a noun.
What is the plural of anticathexis?
The plural of anticathexis is anticathexes.

Words near anticathexis in the dictionary

  1. anticategory
  2. anticathartic
  3. anticathartics
  4. anticathectic
  5. anticathexes
  6. anticathexis
  7. anticathode
  8. anticathodes
  9. anticatholic
  10. anticatholics
  11. anticattle

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