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Catharsis: From 2 Different Sources

A term meaning purification or cleansing.

Catharsis is used to refer to the process of cleaning out the bowels.

Sigmund Freud used the term in psychoanalytic theory to describe the expression of repressed feelings and memories.

Health Source: BMA Medical Dictionary
Author: The British Medical Association
n. 1. purging or cleansing out of the bowels by giving the patient a *laxative (cathartic) to stimulate intestinal activity. 2. the release of strong pent-up emotions. See abreaction.
Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Abreaction

In psychoanalysis, the process of becoming consciously aware of repressed (buried) thoughts and feelings. In Freudian theory, abreaction ideally occurs by way of catharsis.... abreaction

Cathartic

purgative, capable of causing a violent purging or catharsis of the body.... cathartic

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