English

hypercathexis

From hyper- + cathexis.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Ancient Greek κάθεξις ‘holding, retention’

Today it means

noun An excessive concentration of mental energy on an object or person.

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