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catharsis

[ US /kəˈθɑɹsəs/ ]
[ UK /kæθˈɑːsɪs/ ]
NOUN
  1. (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
  2. purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels

How To Use catharsis In A Sentence

  • Of course, a sense of catharsis is central to a book of this nature.
  • And the scene in which violence erupts is powerful without offering easy catharsis. Times, Sunday Times
  • They always seem to focus on surprise and juxtaposition, or tension relief, or catharsis, or something.
  • In this case, it's five days of cycling through Colorado, Utah, and Arizona cost: $1,895 excluding the airfare, and here's the group that has assembled in order to defibrillate their lives with the invigorating jolt of pre-meditated catharsis: Itineraries and Agendas: Bicycles at Work and Play
  • With most artists of his stature, this would more than likely involve a clumsy catharsis resulting in a crude ego trip.
  • And I think there will be a sense of catharsis and relief on the part of the majority of the Peruvian population.
  • Controversy is being outweighed by catharsis as Cambodia faces up to its past.
  • Their inability to speak up for themselves, their numbing inhibitions, their fear of exposure is the psychological residue of this catharsis.
  • Using the doll, he demonstrated how viewing aggression causes emulation of that behavior, rather than catharsis.
  • Those things the Greeks called catharsis the sharing of pity and terror and joy with all.
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