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PRONUNCIATION OF CATHECTIC

cathectic  [kəˈθɛktɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CATHECTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cathectic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CATHECTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cathectic in the English dictionary

The definition of cathectic in the dictionary is of or relating to cathexis.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CATHECTIC


acatalectic
æˌkætəˈlɛktɪk
analectic
ˌænəˈlɛktɪk
anorectic
ˌænəˈrɛktɪk
apoplectic
ˌæpəˈplɛktɪk
cachectic
kəˈkɛktɪk
catalectic
ˌkætəˈlɛktɪk
dialectic
ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪk
eclectic
ɪˈklɛktɪk
eutectic
juːˈtɛktɪk
hectic
ˈhɛktɪk
hypercatalectic
ˌhaɪpəˌkætəˈlɛktɪk
hypereutectic
ˌhaɪpəjuːˈtɛktɪk
hypoeutectic
ˌhaɪpəʊjuːˈtɛktɪk
idiolectic
ˌɪdɪəˈlɛktɪk
orectic
ɒˈrɛktɪk
pectic
ˈpɛktɪk
peritectic
ˌpɛrɪˈtɛktɪk
pleonectic
ˌpliːəˈnɛktɪk
smectic
ˈsmɛktɪk
synectic
sɪˈnɛktɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CATHECTIC

cathead
cathect
cathedra
cathedral
cathedral choir
cathedral church
cathedral city
cathedratic
cathepsin
catheptic
Cather
Catherine
Catherine de´ Medici
Catherine I
Catherine II
Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Braganza
Catherine of Siena
Catherine wheel
catheter

WORDS THAT END LIKE CATHECTIC

Antarctic
anticlimactic
arctic
cataplectic
chiropractic
didactic
dyslectic
dystectic
galactic
Hegelian dialectic
High Arctic
intergalactic
lactic
practic
prophylactic
subarctic
syntactic
tactic
the Antarctic
the Arctic

Synonyms and antonyms of cathectic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cathectic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CATHECTIC

Find out the translation of cathectic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cathectic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cathectic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

cathectic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de investidura
570 millions of speakers

English

cathectic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cathectic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التركيز الفكري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

cathectic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

catexial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cathectic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cathectique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cathektik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Besetzungs
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cathectic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cathectic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cathektik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cathectic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cathectic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅथॅक्टिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cathectic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

delle cariche
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cathectic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

cathectic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cathectic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cathectic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cathectic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cathectic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cathectic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cathectic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CATHECTIC»

The term «cathectic» is used very little and occupies the 170.631 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CATHECTIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cathectic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CATHECTIC»

Discover the use of cathectic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cathectic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Toward a General Theory of Action: Theoretical Foundations ...
In the first place, they all seem to represent in some fashion a synthesis of cognitive and cathectic elements. Objects cognized are evaluated in terms of whether or not they will help the actor get what he wants. Thus, in this sense, a cognition ...
Talcott Parsons, Edward Albert Shils, Neil J. Smelser, 1965
2
Suicide Across the Life Span: Premature Exits
The third shift discussed by Peck is from cathectic impoverishment to cathectic flexibility. Cathectic impoverishment is a state that results from having few or no meaningful relationships, while cathectic flexibility is the ability to build new ...
Judith M. Stillion, Eugene E. McDowell, 1996
3
Social System
This, therefore, also involves standards by which selections among the possibilities of cathectic significance can be made. Finally the evaluative aspect of motivational orientation also has its value-orientation counterpart. Evaluation is  ...
Talcott Parsons, Turner Bryan, 2013
4
Psychology and Myth
Its cathectic potential is active at all moments of the individual's life, with the possible exception of deep narcosis or dreamless sleep. The intrusion of unconscious fantasy thinking into conscious mental experience is well known to us from the ...
Robert Alan Segal, 1996
5
Principles of Scientific Sociology
Consider some other conceptualizations of values. Parsons and Shils strive very hard to distinguish the "motivational orientation"—which, as we have already seen, includes a "cathectic mode"——from the "value-orientation" of the individual, ...
Walter L. Wallace, 2009
6
Sociology of Art: A Reader
Cathectic meaning and expressive symbols The other dimension defining relations of cultural systems to external objects also involves the relative primacy of different components in the meaning of objects. In this case, however, it involves ...
Jeremy Tanner, 2004
7
Meaning in Mid-Life Transitions
Sexualizing in Human Relationships, and Cathectic Flexibility vs. Cathectic Impoverishment. The first and third of these are of particular relevance to the cases covered in this chapter. The first is most pertinent for Steve Gornecky. His physical ...
Edmund A. Sherman, 1987
8
Why People Go to Psychiatrists
The relationship between cathectic and physical presenting problems is not only one of direct cause and effect. For some groups, especially lower-class applicants to hospital clinics, a high-rate of physical symptoms is associated with a low ...
Charles Kadushin, 1969
9
Social Structure & Person
In a sense, this is the obverse of its relation to cognition. The question here is perhaps analogous to that of the transmission of light in physics: how can the object's cathectic significance be mediated in the absence of direct biological contact?
Talcott Parsons, 2010
10
The Social Context of Pastoral Care: Defining the Life Situation
Lasting satisfaction of people's cathectic needs requires solution of both the evaluative and the cognitive problems. It feels good (cathexis) when we believe we are behaving responsibly (ethics). It also feels good when we believe that our life ...
George M. Furniss, 1994

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CATHECTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cathectic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Pardon My French
That the impulse behind this cathectic energy is never quite clear makes this mismatched couple all the more memorable. Haenel ... «Artforum, Mar 15»
2
Strings Attached
Yet Suzanne grows to despise her shrunken surrogate when it becomes clear that it is her romantic rival, Tony's cathectic energy directed more ... «Artforum, Jan 15»
3
Psychosis of the Arab revolution
In Freudian terms, a power fixation is the motivator of Arab autocrats. The cathectic energy invested into power grabbed by Arab autocrats has ... «Aljazeera.com, Jul 11»
4
How Andres Serrano's Piss Christ Reconciles Nature and Civilization
Artist John Miller has even inferred that art-making's cathectic nature (that is, the artist's proclivity to invest objects with libidinal energies ... «Huffington Post, Apr 11»
5
Texts for Nothing? On Tom McCarthy
"Blood of Europe poisoned and cathectic," the doctor declares. "All have clouded vision, just like you." The war arrives. Serge befriends it. «The Nation., Nov 10»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Cathectic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cathectic>. Apr 2024 ».
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