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Catharsis

noun

(pl. catharses)

(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions. Synonyms: abreaction, katharsis.

Purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels. Synonyms: katharsis, purgation.

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... 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

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