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Catharsis

Catharsis Meaning & Definition
Catharsis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Catharsis?

[n] (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
[n] purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels

Synonyms | Synonyms for Catharsis: abreaction | katharsis | purgation

Related Terms | Find terms related to Catharsis: abreaction | abstersion | acting-out | bloody flux | BM | bowdlerization | bowel movement | cleaning | cleansing | crap | defecation | dejection | deliverance | detersion | diarrhea | discharge | dry cleaning | dysentery | emotional release | evacuation | expurgation | flux | freeing | intermission | lientery | loose bowels | lustration | motor abreaction | movement | outlet | psychocatharsis | psychodrama | purgation | purge | purging | purification | release | release therapy | removal | reprieve | respite | runs | shit | shits | steam cleaning | stool | surcease | suspension | trots | turistas | voidance

See Also | purge | purging

Catharsis In Webster's Dictionary

\Ca*thar"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See {Cathartic}.] (Med.) A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of the mouth, bowels, etc.
\Ca*thar"sis\, n. (Psychotherapy) The process of relieving an abnormal excitement by re["e]stablishing the association of the emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first caused it, and of eliminating it by complete expression (called the abreaction).

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