nnoun.act(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensionsTopic:analysisdepth psychologypsychoanalysis
Synset:abreaction katharsis
Derivationally Related Form:catharticabreact
Hypernyms:purge purging
Inherited Hypernyms:catharsispurgecleaningimprovementchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actpurging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowelsSynset:katharsis purgation
Derivationally Related Form:catharticpurge
Hypernyms:purge purging
Inherited Hypernyms:catharsispurgecleaningimprovementchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity