Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
CATHEXIS
cathexis, charge
(noun) (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object; “Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cathexis (plural cathexes)
(psychoanalysis) The concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea.
Source: Wiktionary
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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