Home › Words › A › anticathexisanticathexisanticathexis · noun — countercathexis.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom anti- + cathexis.nouncountercathexisDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.countercathexis 80% match — The suppression or repression of mental energy. vs anticathexis →anticathectic 77% match — countercathectic vs anticathexis →countercathectic 75% match — Of or relating to countercathexis. vs anticathexis →cathection 71% match — cathexis vs anticathexis →cathexion 69% match — cathexis vs anticathexis →decathexis 68% match — reversal of cathexis; detachment of the libido from some external object vs anticathexis →counterinvestment 66% match — Synonym of countercathexis. vs anticathexis →cathexis 58% match — The concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea. vs anticathexis →