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catharsis
Definition of catharsis
A
release
of
emotional
tension
after an
overwhelm
ing
vicarious
experience, resulting in the purging or
purification
of the emotions, as through watching a
drama
tic 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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