Usually means: Investing emotional energy in objects.
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We found 5 dictionaries that define the word cathecting:

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  1. cathecting: Merriam-Webster
  2. cathecting: Wiktionary
  3. cathecting: Dictionary.com
  4. cathecting: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cathecting: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See cathect as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cathect)

verb:  (transitive, psychology) To focus one's emotional energies on someone or something.
▸ Also see cathect


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