- cathects
- v. (Psychoanalysis) invest emotional or mental energy in another person or idea or an object
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel — (1928–2006) (whose surname is alternatively spelled Chasseguet Smirguel, but generally not in English language publications) was a leading French psychoanalyst, a training analyst, and past President of the Société psychanalytique de Paris in… … Wikipedia