catharsis : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: catharsis	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for catharsis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catharsis n (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions [syn: catharsis, katharsis, abreaction] purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels Synonym(s): catharsis, katharsis, purgation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Catharsis \Ca*thar"sis\, n. (Psychotherapy) The process of relieving an abnormal excitement by re[89]stablishing the association of the emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first caused it, and of eliminating it by complete expression (called the abreaction).