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Recent Examples of cathexis
There’s a word for this loss of self in devotion: cathexis.
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Janey Starling, refinery29.com, 10 Apr. 2020
Janey Starling, refinery29.com, 10 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cathexis
Noun
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The Lakers got all the emotions from their star Friday night in a 49-point performance to lead a 128-110 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.—
Dan Woike,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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In these conditions, the gut’s nerves and the brain’s emotion-processing circuits are in unusually close communication.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That’s why Mazzulla upped the intensity at training camp.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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There’s that kind of intensity and fuel that has fanned the fire of Mirador in someways that’s really elevated the band and the performances.—
Gary Graff,
Billboard,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This separation keeps parents' Discover Weekly and Wrapped playlists clean from unexpected surprises like a sudden obsession with gaming soundtracks or silly meme songs.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Move over, Aligns — there’s a new soft obsession in town.—
Katie Ann Lehman,
StyleCaster,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For the 20-teens (specifically 2015-2020), that infatuation came in the form of Spotify playlists.—
Sam Saideman,
Rolling Stone,
28 Oct. 2025
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When that uncle, Roy Wood, became the first Black news announcer on a white Chicago radio station, DeJohnette gained access to an endless supply of jazz records that fueled an early infatuation with the genre.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As Ali and her brother hid under a blanket, violence exploded around them.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Jackson imagined the Shire as idyllic beyond measure — cozy cottages dug into the landscape's gentle green slopes, totally free of the conflict and violence that the saga's Hobbit quartet eventually learn lie just beyond its borders.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Take every precaution to never leave young children and pets alone in vehicles, especially in extreme heat when car interiors can quickly become hazardous.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The concept allows for extremely long endurance but poses major technical and environmental challenges, protecting electronics from radiation, managing heat, and containing contamination in case of a crash or malfunction.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Why the Phillies, trying to sell him on the fervor of their market, showed him a chart detailing how the reaction of fans to a Kyle Schwarber home run in the 2022 World Series registered on the Richter scale.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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Tireless retail buying And anything resembling the demise of the speculative fervor is hard to locate.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
25 Oct. 2025
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Students and teachers prepared for the band's arrival with the band's legendary black-and-white face paint, and the city was soon engulfed in rock 'n' roll mania.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Unlike Monster, which attempts to absolve itself from feeding into Gein mania by focusing on the other writers and directors inspired by that serial killer, Devil in Disguise doesn’t try to implicate its audience in the sport of watching true crime.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Cathexis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cathexis. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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