kathexis

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cathexis
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object; "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge
{i} energy invested in an action or object or person (Psychology)
the concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea