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catharsis
[ kuh-thahr-sis ]
noun
- the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music.
- Medicine/Medical. purgation.
- 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.
catharsis
/ əˈθɑːɪ /
noun
- (in Aristotelian literary criticism) the purging or purification of the emotions through the evocation of pity and fear, as in tragedy
- psychoanal the bringing of repressed ideas or experiences into consciousness, thus relieving tensions See also abreaction
- purgation, esp of the bowels
catharsis
- An experience of emotional release and purification, often inspired by or through art. In psychoanalysis , catharsis is the release of tension and anxiety that results from bringing repressed feelings and memories into consciousness.
Other Word Forms
- p··ٳs noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of catharsis1
Word History and Origins
Origin of catharsis1
Example Sentences
Slim encapsulates the essence of this truth as he hums through feelings of anger, pain and despair to achieve a level of catharsis as he tells a story of a friend who was lynched.
“This book took a decade, so the catharsis of publishing … was about my creative recovery.”
His grand denouement is meant to be a catharsis for a deliberately corrective slice of emotional history.
And yet, by film’s end, we’re left with smiling admiration for its peculiarity and artistry instead of a catharsis, because too much of “The Legend of Ochi” feels like a presentation.
From the “Road to” series through buddy action movies and bromances, male friendship as comic fodder has been a constant pull, one that has increasingly favored immaturity as the catharsis.
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