English-Italian translations for catharsis

catarsiL'ultima vittima del conflitto in atto nei Paesi baschi può forse diventare la catarsi finale per la sua soluzione? Could the last victim of the ongoing conflict in the Basque country become the final catharsis for its solution? Ma la catarsi è stata sospesa artificialmente.But the catharsis has been artificially stayed. Ci troviamo davvero nella peggiore fase mai attraversata dalla questione palestinese, o nel punto più acuto della tragedia, dopo il quale ci sarà la catarsi, la via di uscita? 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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