CATHARSIS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
   Synonym(s)
   • abreaction (what does abreaction mean?)
   • katharsis (what does katharsis mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) catharsis is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • purge (what does purge mean?)
   • purging (what does purging mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • abreact (what does abreact mean?)
2. Meaning
   • purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
   Synonym(s)
   • katharsis (what does katharsis mean?)
   • purgation (what does purgation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) catharsis is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • purge (what does purge mean?)
   • purging (what does purging mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • purge (what does purge mean?)