Catharsis: The healthful (therapeutic) release of ideas through talking out conscious material accompanied by an appropriate emotional reaction. Also, the release into awareness of repressed (forgotten) material from the unconscious. See also repression.

 

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Catharsis: The healthful (therapeutic) release of ideas through talking out conscious material accompanied by an appropriate emotional reaction. Also, the release into awareness of repressed (forgotten . . . View Full Definition

Tragedy: A serious play in which the chief character, by some peculiarity of psychology, passes through a series of misfortunes leading to a final, devastating catastrophe. According to Aristotle, ca . . . View Full Definition

Katharsis: An alternative spelling of catharsis (see above).

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