English Explanatory Dictionary

decathect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To detach or withdraw one's emotional energies (libido) from (something or someone).

Word forms

decathect decathects decathecting decathected

Etymology

From de- + cathect or a back-formation from decathexis, decathectic.

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