English-Greek translations for catharsis

κάθαρσηΒρισκόμαστε πραγματικά στη χειρότερη φάση του παλαιστινιακού προβλήματος, ή βρισκόμαστε στην κορύφωση της τραγωδίας και έρχεται η κάθαρση, έρχεται η διέξοδος; Are we really in the worst stage of the Palestinian crisis or has the tragedy risen to its climax, to be followed by catharsis and a way out?

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
Any release of emotional tension to the same effect, more widely
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

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