Katharsis (Noun)
Meaning 1
(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The therapist helped her patient achieve a sense of katharsis through intense emotional expression in their session.
- Through writing poetry, he found a means of katharsis that allowed him to process his grief.
- The patient's angry outburst was a form of katharsis, a release of the pent-up emotions that had been weighing on her for months.
- In Freudian psychoanalysis, katharsis is a crucial process in which patients are able to release and purge their repressed emotions.
- The screaming match between the couple was a painful but necessary katharsis, clearing the air and allowing them to move forward.