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Katharsis

noun
1.
Purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels.  Synonyms: catharsis, purgation.
2.
(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions.  Synonyms: abreaction, catharsis.






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"Katharsis" Quotes from Famous Books



... the essay is still eminently readable, but need not be analyzed here. Sufficient to say that Schiller regards the excitation of 'sympathy' as the sole aim of tragedy. He has nothing to say of the Aristotelian 'fear' or 'katharsis'; in fact he did not make the ...
— The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller • Calvin Thomas



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