catharsis

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n. 陶冶, 净化, 导泻 [医] 导泻, 泻法, 精神发泄

发音

UK /kəˈθɑːsɪs/
US /kəˈθɑɹˌsɪs/

词形变化

catharses 复数 catharses

别名

katharsis

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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).

    导泻

    宣泄

    可数 不可数 媒体 艺术
  2. 2.

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

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    A purification or cleansing, especially emotional.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    A therapeutic technique to relieve tension by reestablishing the association of an emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first caused it, and then eliminating it by complete expression (called the abreaction).

    可数 不可数 心理学
  5. 5.

    Purging of the digestive system.

    可数 不可数 医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

katharsis abreaction purgation

上位词 2

purge purging

词源

From Ancient Greek κάθαρσις (kátharsis, “cleansing, purging”), from καθαίρω (kathaírō, “I cleanse”). Coined in the dramatic-emotional sense by Aristotle.

来源：wiktionary