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Answer for the clue "(psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis ", 9 letters:
acathexis

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Acathexis is a psychoanalytic term for a lack of emotional response to significant memories or actual interactions, where such a response would normally be expected. The term also refers more broadly to a general absence of normal or expected feelings. ...

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n. (psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual

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n. (context pathology English) The loss of the ability to respond emotionally