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catharsis
[ kuh-thahr-sis ]
noun
- the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music.
- Medicine/Medical. purgation.
- Psychiatry.
- psychotherapy that encourages or permits the discharge of pent-up, socially unacceptable affects.
- discharge of pent-up emotions so as to result in the alleviation of symptoms or the permanent relief of the condition.
catharsis
/ əˈθɑːɪ /
noun
- (in Aristotelian literary criticism) the purging or purification of the emotions through the evocation of pity and fear, as in tragedy
- psychoanal the bringing of repressed ideas or experiences into consciousness, thus relieving tensions See also abreaction
- purgation, esp of the bowels
catharsis
- An experience of emotional release and purification, often inspired by or through art. In psychoanalysis , catharsis is the release of tension and anxiety that results from bringing repressed feelings and memories into consciousness.
Other Word Forms
- p··ٳs noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of catharsis1
Word History and Origins
Origin of catharsis1
Example Sentences
His grand denouement is meant to be a catharsis for a deliberately corrective slice of emotional history.
And yet, by film’s end, we’re left with smiling admiration for its peculiarity and artistry instead of a catharsis, because too much of “The Legend of Ochi” feels like a presentation.
From the “Road to” series through buddy action movies and bromances, male friendship as comic fodder has been a constant pull, one that has increasingly favored immaturity as the catharsis.
You give us a day like that, that’s pure catharsis for both character and performer, we get giddy.
These films have run the gamut — sometimes focusing on the survivors, sometimes on the shooters, sometimes on the parents — and likewise their strategies have varied, either promising catharsis, hope or insight.
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