CATHARSIS as NOUN

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