Definition of abreact in English:

abreact

verb ˌabrɪˈaktˌabrēˈakt

[with object]Psychoanalysis

Release (an emotion) by abreaction.
they were unable fully to abreact their responses to the trauma
Example sentencesExamples
- What I was doing was abreacting my childhood attitude of compliance and the bitterness that it engendered in me.
- Through most of the two hours, Ann remembered and abreacted until the memories had no further power to torment her.
- The process of releasing or abreacting the effects of a trauma is key: That process often leads to panic and a nervous breakdown.
- He is now saying that patients can't be cured of their major hysterical symptoms unless the crucial infantile traumas are uncovered and abreacted, which calls into question all his earlier claims of therapeutic efficacy.
- One person asked me why I had not mentioned in my audio programme the possibility that some people may abreact and discharge emotion.

Origin

Early 20th century: back-formation from abreaction.

Rhymes

abstract, act, attract, bract, compact, contract, counteract, diffract, enact, exact, extract, fact, humpbacked, impact, interact, matter-of-fact, pact, protract, redact, refract, retroact, subcontract, subtract, tact, tract, transact, unbacked, underact, untracked

Definition of abreact in US English:

abreact

verbˌabrēˈakt

[with object]Psychoanalysis

Release (an emotion) by abreaction.
they were unable fully to abreact their responses to the trauma
Example sentencesExamples
- Through most of the two hours, Ann remembered and abreacted until the memories had no further power to torment her.
- The process of releasing or abreacting the effects of a trauma is key: That process often leads to panic and a nervous breakdown.
- He is now saying that patients can't be cured of their major hysterical symptoms unless the crucial infantile traumas are uncovered and abreacted, which calls into question all his earlier claims of therapeutic efficacy.
- What I was doing was abreacting my childhood attitude of compliance and the bitterness that it engendered in me.
- One person asked me why I had not mentioned in my audio programme the possibility that some people may abreact and discharge emotion.

Origin

Early 20th century: back-formation from abreaction.

单词	abreact
释义	Definition of abreact in English: abreact verb ˌabrɪˈaktˌabrēˈakt [with object]Psychoanalysis Release (an emotion) by abreaction. they were unable fully to abreact their responses to the trauma Example sentencesExamples What I was doing was abreacting my childhood attitude of compliance and the bitterness that it engendered in me. Through most of the two hours, Ann remembered and abreacted until the memories had no further power to torment her. The process of releasing or abreacting the effects of a trauma is key: That process often leads to panic and a nervous breakdown. He is now saying that patients can't be cured of their major hysterical symptoms unless the crucial infantile traumas are uncovered and abreacted, which calls into question all his earlier claims of therapeutic efficacy. One person asked me why I had not mentioned in my audio programme the possibility that some people may abreact and discharge emotion. Origin Early 20th century: back-formation from abreaction. Rhymes abstract, act, attract, bract, compact, contract, counteract, diffract, enact, exact, extract, fact, humpbacked, impact, interact, matter-of-fact, pact, protract, redact, refract, retroact, subcontract, subtract, tact, tract, transact, unbacked, underact, untracked Definition of abreact in US English: abreact verbˌabrēˈakt [with object]Psychoanalysis Release (an emotion) by abreaction. they were unable fully to abreact their responses to the trauma Example sentencesExamples Through most of the two hours, Ann remembered and abreacted until the memories had no further power to torment her. The process of releasing or abreacting the effects of a trauma is key: That process often leads to panic and a nervous breakdown. He is now saying that patients can't be cured of their major hysterical symptoms unless the crucial infantile traumas are uncovered and abreacted, which calls into question all his earlier claims of therapeutic efficacy. What I was doing was abreacting my childhood attitude of compliance and the bitterness that it engendered in me. One person asked me why I had not mentioned in my audio programme the possibility that some people may abreact and discharge emotion. Origin Early 20th century: back-formation from abreaction.
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