Definitions for cathexiskÉËÎ¸Ék sÉªs; -ËÎ¸Ék siz. 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.
The Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 was designed to address these issues. It prohibits discrimination based on race, and requires certain jurisdictions to provide bilingual assistance to language minority voters.
The Voting Rights Act was signed into law on August 6, 1965, by Lyndon Johnson. Its primary purpose was to enforce the 15th Amendment of the Constitution, which forbade the states and the federal government to deny suffrage to any citizen on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.