DECATHEXIS

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N., Pam M.S.
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Psychoanalytic theory. The withdrawal of libido from objects in the external world. Compare caihexis.

DECATHEXIS: "Decathexis involves taking the sexuality away from an object that is not a person."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. GENITALIZATION
  2. OBJECT CATHEXIS
  3. CATHEXIS
  4. INTERNAL BOUNDARY
  5. OBJECT CHOICE
  6. INTROJECTION
  7. PREGENITAL ORGANIZATION
  8. PREGENITAL PHASE
  9. MORTIDO
  10. SEXUAL INSTINCT 1
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "DECATHEXIS," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/decathexis/ (accessed January 17, 2021).
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