Defenition of the word catharsis

• Defenition of the word catharsis

  • Purging of the digestive system.
  • The release of ideas, thoughts, and repressed material from the unconscious, accompanied by an emotional response and relief.
  • purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
  • (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions

Synonyms for the word catharsis

• • abreaction
  • katharsis
  • purgation

Hypernyms for the word catharsis

• • purgation
  • purge
  • purging

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