referring to a complex, difficult-to-apprehend phenomenon using numerous labels from different systems of thought and of your own invention is a pretty decent way to avoid overcathecting a label and starting to interact with your label instead of the phenomenon
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i was calling it something else until i learned the verb 'cathect' about 30 minutes ago
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also, thank you; no way to say this without sounding braggy, so i'm just gonna own it, but for me, learning a new word is a vanishingly rare pleasure.
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