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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ca•thar•sis /kəˈθɑrsɪs/USA pronunciation n., pl. -ses /-siz/.USA pronunciation - the relieving of emotional tensions, esp. through a work of art, as of tragedy: [uncountable]Catharsis results from pity and fear as one watches drama.[countable]Writing a journal was a catharsis for him as he tried to overcome his anxiety.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ca•thar•sis (kə thär′sis),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ses (-sēz).USA pronunciation - the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, esp. through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music.
- Medicinepurgation.
- 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.
- Greek kátharsis a cleansing, equivalent. to kathar- (variant stem of kathaírein to cleanse, derivative of katharós pure) + -sis -sis
- Neo-Latin
- 1795–1805
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: catharsis /kəˈθɑːsɪs/ n ( pl -ses)- (in Aristotelian literary criticism) the purging or purification of the emotions through the evocation of pity and fear, as in tragedy
- the bringing of repressed ideas or experiences into consciousness, thus relieving tensions
- purgation, esp of the bowels
Etymology: 19th Century: New Latin, from Greek katharsis, from kathairein to purge, purify |