katharsis|katharses in English

noun

purging, purification (Medicine); emotional cleansing through drama; (Psychiatry) relief of tension and anxiety through the expression of repressed thoughts and feelings (also catharsis)

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1. 2 synonyms for Abreaction: catharsis, katharsis

2. 2 synonyms for Abreaction: catharsis, katharsis

3. The word Catharsis comes from the Greek word katharsis, which, literally translated, means “a cleansing or purging.” The first recorded mention of Catharsis occurred in

4. The word Catharsis comes from the Greek word katharsis, which literally translated means "a cleansing or purging." The first recorded mention of Catharsis occurred more than one thousand years ago, in the work Poetics by Aristotle.

5. “My favourite articles in Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy this year are two in volume XXV: one by Gregory Scott, who cuts one Gordian knot of Aristotelian scholarship by Athetizing the clause that introduces katharsis into Aristotle’s definition in the Poetics…”

6. "My favourite articles in Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy this year are two in volume XXV: one by Gregory Scott, who cuts one Gordian knot of Aristotelian scholarship by Athetizing the clause that introduces katharsis into Aristotle's definition in the Poetics" --GEORGE BOYS-STONES, Professor of Ancient Philosophy, Durham University (U

7. Catharsis (Latin), from the Greek Κάθαρσις Katharsis meaning "purification" or "cleansing" (also literally from the ancient Greek gerund καθαίρειν transliterated as kathairein "to purify, purge," and adjective katharos "pure or clean" ancient and modern Greek: καθαρός), is a sudden emotional breakdown or climax that constitutes overwhelming feelings of great pity, sorrow, laughter, or any extreme change in …

8. Catharsis (n.) 1770, "a bodily purging" (especially of the bowels), from Latinized form of Greek katharsis "purging, cleansing," from stem of kathairein "to purify, purge," from katharos "pure, clear of dirt, clean, spotless; open, free; clear of shame or guilt; purified" (with most of the extended senses now found in Modern English clear, clean, pure), which is of unknown origin.

9. They address "Aristotle: Life and Work," "Greek Literature as Aristotle Found It," "The Poetics: Hazards of the Text and What Not to Look For," "The Poetics in Aristotle's Philosophical System," "The Poetics: Imitation, Plot, Character," "HAmartia and the Tragic Flaw," "Reversal and Recognition," "Katharsis," "Thought and Language," and "Tragedy and Epic in the Poetics" This Introduction is