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Catharsis   /kəθˈɑrsəs/   Listen
Catharsis

noun
(pl. catharses)
1.
(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions.  Synonyms: abreaction, katharsis.
2.
Purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels.  Synonyms: katharsis, purgation.






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"Catharsis" Quotes from Famous Books



... language with pleasurable accessories, each kind brought in separately in the parts of the work; in a dramatic, not in a narrative form; with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions. Here by 'language with pleasurable accessories' I mean that with rhythm and harmony or song superadded; and by 'the kinds separately' I mean that some portions are worked out with verse only, and others ...
— The Poetics • Aristotle



Words linked to "Catharsis" :   cathartic, psychoanalysis, depth psychology, katharsis, purgation, analysis, abreaction, purging, purge



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