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catharsis
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
katharsis \katharsis\ n. purging of emotional tensions; -- usually spelled catharsis.
Syn: catharsis, abreaction.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1803, "bodily purging," from Latinized form of Greek katharsis "purging, cleansing," from stem of kathairein "to purify, purge," from katharos "pure, clear of dirt, clean, spotless; open, free; clear of shame or guilt; purified" (with most of the extended senses now found in Modern English clear, clean, pure), which is of unknown origin. Originally medical in English; of emotions from 1872; psychotherapy sense first recorded 1909, in Brill's translation of Freud.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context drama English) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy). 2 Any release of emotional tension to the same effect, more widely. 3 A purification or cleansing, especially emotional. 4 (context psychology English) A therapeutic technique to relieve tension by re-establishing the association of an emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first caused it, and then eliminating it by complete expression (called the abreaction). 5 (context medicine English) purge of the digestive system.
WordNet
n. (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions [syn: katharsis, abreaction]
purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels [syn: katharsis, purgation]
Wikipedia
Catharsis (from Greek meaning "purification" or "cleansing") is the purification and purgation of emotions—especially pity and fear—through art or any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal and restoration. It is a metaphor originally used by Aristotle in the Poetics, comparing the effects of tragedy on the mind of spectator to the effect of a cathartic on the body.
Catharsis is Greek word meaning "cleansing" or "purging".
Catharsis may also refer to:
- Catharsis (medicine), the effect of a cathartic, a substance that accelerates defecation
- Catharsis (American band), a hardcore punk band
- Catharsis (Russian band), a metal band
- Catharsis (Elis album), 2009
- Catharsis (Fingertips album), 2006
- Catharsis (Közi album) (Katarushisu), or the title song, 2004
- Catharsis (Yob album), a 2003 album by Yob
- "Catharsis", a song by Anthrax from Volume 8: The Threat Is Real
- "Catharsis", a song by Pitchshifter from Industrial
- "Catharsis", a song by Versailles from Jubilee
Catharsis is a Russian metal band founded in 1996.
Catharsis, is the second studio album by Portuguese band Fingertips released in spring 2006. After All 'Bout Smoke 'n Mirrors this album also reached great success in Portugal surpassing the last album. The album featured a faster and more rock sound then the previous one although still maintaining the same alternative, ballad and ambient style in some tracks. Singles from this album are "You're Gone", "Cause to Love You" and "Move Faster".
Catharsis was an American hardcore punk band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina that was active from 1994 to 2002. Catharsis were known for writing lengthy songs (sometimes broken into multiple parts) with complex title names and unusual time signatures. They were related to anarchist collective CrimethInc.
Catharsis is the fourth and final studio album by Elis, released on 27 November 2009 by Napalm Records. It is the first and only album with Sandra Schleret (ex- Dreams of Sanity, Siegfried) as their new lead singer after Sabine Dünser's death; the band released in early 2007 the MCD "Show Me The Way".
Catharsis is a charitable organization located in Tbilisi, Georgia. It has six branches in towns and regions of Georgia. One of the branches was working in Moscow in 1994–2009.
Catharsis is the second studio album by the heavy metal band YOB.
Usage examples of "catharsis".
Possibly my feeling of longing for those two people had to do with the fact that both of them had produced catharses in my life.
Tensions drained in a catharsis of freedom, a catharsis that allowed them to accept their restricted existence.
Like the debate about catharsis, therapists disagree about the best way to handle anger towards a loved one.
Unfortunately, this equation is naive and implies that therapists using catharsis might even advocate abusive violence.
I suspect intention and expectation of catharsis are crucially important in determining the outcome, e.
There is much we do not know about anger, displacement, catharsis, and the means of controlling our anger.
In contrast, the end result of catharsis is, in some cases, peace and calm, not aggression.
He suggested a per- ceptual catharsis in me, that of turning into a crow and perceiv- ing the world as a crow.
In the catharsis of confession, he saw that perhaps his actions had not been as contemptible as he thought, that perhaps he was worthwhile-and he wanted to feel worthwhile.
Western debate warrants a new hope of exegesis and catharsis, interpretation and purification.
The crime of one generation was common practice in the next and so a thousand easements came automatically to the tensed descendants of people who did not have the satisfaction of catharsis.
And the evening discussions with the kibbutzniks were a catharsis for his troubled soul.
Being rather irritant to mucous membranes, it may cause nausea and catharsis, so that some cannot tolerate it.
And the hunt for thousands of paranormals would provide cohesion and catharsis for the foreseeable future.
The launch turned on its cable The tide was rising in the estuary, countering the sluggish flow of the Suwanee Soon the tarpon would leave their feeding in the gulf reefs and come up the nver again But Marc had lost interest in the btg fish now The frustration coming just at the brink of victory had left him tight-coiled and cheated of catharsis He had failed to master the adversary, and now it was gone To begin all over again was insupportable Gathen was outlining his scheme with cool reasonableness.