Definizione monolingua

catharsis

catharsis (plural catharses)

1. (drama) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy). Coined in this sense by Aristotle.

   Seeing the heros catharsis helped her deal with the loss of her parents.

2. Any release of emotional tension to the same effect, more widely.
3. A purification or cleansing, especially emotional.
4. (psychology) A therapeutic technique to relieve tension.
5. (medicine) Purging of the digestive system.

Definizione dizionario catharsis

	catarsi
	The release of ideas, thoughts, and repressed material from the unconscious, accompanied by an emotional response and relief.

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Altri significati:

(psychology) A therapeutic technique to relieve tension.

in drama, a release of emotional tension

A purification or cleansing, especially emotional.

any release of emotional tension

Any release of emotional tension to the same effect, more widely.

Purging of the digestive system.

(drama) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy). Coined in this sense by Aristotle.

a therapeutic technique to relieve tension

(medicine) Purging of the digestive system.