katarsis

katarsis englanniksi

1. catharsis, katharsis

1. catharsis

2. (l)

3. 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).

4. 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).

5. A purification or cleansing, especially emotional.