catharsis – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
catharsis
n.
purging, purification (Medicine); emotional cleansing through drama; (Psychiatry) relief of tension and anxiety through the expression of repressed thoughts and feelings (also katharsis)
Catharsis
Catharsis (from Greek meaning "purification" or "cleansing") is the purification and purgation of emotions—especially pity and fear—through art or any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal and restoration. It is a metaphor originally used by
Aristotle in the
Poetics, comparing the effects of
tragedy on the mind of spectator to the effect of a
cathartic on the body.
catharsis
Noun
1. (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
(synonym) katharsis, abreaction
(hypernym) purge, purging
(classification) psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology
2. purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
(synonym) katharsis, purgation
(hypernym) purge, purging
catharsis
nf.
catharsis, purging; emotional cleansing through drama; relief of tension and anxiety through the expression of repressed thoughts and feelings (Psychiatry)
catharsis
n.
catharsis, purging, purification (Medicine); emotional cleansing through drama; (Psychiatry) relief of tension and anxiety through the expression of repressed thoughts and feelings (also katharsis)
