Anagram Solver

Scrabble Word Finder & Unscrambler

Portable Edition New!

Use ? for blank letters - Need Help?
Dictionary

Showing words for CATHEXIS using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Cathexis

cathexis

7 Letter Words for Cathexis

achiest, aitches, hexacts

6 Letter Words for Cathexis

ascite, axites, chaise, chaste, cheats, cistae, ethics, exacts, hestia, hexact, itches, sachet, saithe, saxtie, scaith, scathe, scheat, sciath, sextic, taches, taisch, tashie, teaish, thecia, theics, tiches

5 Letter Words for Cathexis

aches, acies, aitch, ashet, axite, caste, cates, cesta, cesti, chais, chait, chase, chati, chats, cheat, chest, chias, chits, cista, cites, ethic, exact, exist, exits, haste, hates, heast, heats, heist, hexis, hiate, iches, saice, saith, scath, sceat, sheat, shice, shita, sicht, sieth, sitch, sithe, sixte, sixth, stchi, stech, stich, taces, tache, tachi, tachs, taich, taise, taish, taxes, taxis, tchai, teach, techs, texas, theca, theia, theic, tices

4 Letter Words for Cathexis

aces, ache, acth, acts, aith, aits, asci, ates, atis, axes, axis, case, cash, cast, cate, cath, cats, ceas, cest, ceti, chai, chas, chat, chia, chis, chit, cist, cite, cits, each, east, eath, eats, echt, esca, etas, etch, eths, etic, exch, exit, exta, haec, haes, hait, hast, hate, hats, heat, hest, hets, hexa, hexs, hics, hies, hist, hits, ices, ichs, isth, itas, itch, saic, sate, sati, saxe, scat, scet, seah, seat, seax, sech, sect, seit, seta, seth, sext, shea, shet, shia, shit, sice, sich, sita, site, sith, stie, tace, tach, tais, tash, taxi, tche, teas, teca, tech, thae, thai, thea, this, tice, tich, tics, ties, tshi, tsia

3 Letter Words for Cathexis

ace, ach, act, aes, ahi, ahs, ais, ait, aix, ase, ash, ast, ate, cai, cat, cha, che, chi, chs, cia, cie, cis, cit, csi, cst, cte, cts, eas, eat, ech, ect, ehs, esc, est, eta, etc, eth, exc, ext, hae, has, hat, hei, hes, het, hex, hia, hic, hie, his, hit, hts, ice, ich, ihs, ise, ish, ist, ita, its, sac, sah, sai, sat, sax, sch, sci, sct, sea, sec, sei, set, sex, sha, she, shi, sht, sic, sie, sit, six, sta, tai, tas, tax, tch, tea, tec, tes, tex, tha, the, tic, tie, tis, tsh, tsi, xat, xis

Definitions for Cathexis

[1] the investment of emotional significance in an activity, object, or idea.
[2] the charge of psychic energy so invested.
[3] psychoanal concentration of psychic energy on a single goal

Words nearby Cathexis

catheter, catheter embolus, catheterization, catheterize, cathetus, cathexis, cathie, cathleen, catho, cathode, cathode dark space

Origin of Cathexis

1920–25; < New Latin < Greek káthexis a keeping, equivalent to kathek- (variant stem of katéchein to keep, hold on to, equivalent to kat- cat- + échein to have, hold) + -sis -sis, as translation of German Besetzung a taking possession of (Freud's term)

Other words from Cathexis

ca·thec·tic [kuh -thek -tik] /kəˈθɛk tɪk/ , adjective

Word origin for Cathexis

C20: from New Latin, from Greek kathexis, from katekhein to hold fast, intended to render German Besetzung a taking possession of