different between catharsis vs cathartic

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?????s?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k???????s?s/

Noun

catharsis (countable and uncountable, 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).
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 by re-establishing 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).
5. (medicine) Purging of the digestive system.

Derived terms

• hemocatharsis

Related terms

• cathartic

Translations

Anagrams

• archaists, stasiarch

Romanian

Etymology

From French catharsis

Noun

catharsis n (uncountable)

1. catharsis

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• cathartick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (kátharsis, “cleansing, purification”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)t?k

Adjective

cathartic (comparative more cathartic, superlative most cathartic)

1. Purgative; inducing (mental or physical) catharsis
2. That releases emotional tension, especially after an overwhelming experience

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

cathartic (plural cathartics)

1. (medicine) A laxative.

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French cathartique

Adjective

cathartic m or n (feminine singular cathartic?, masculine plural cathartici, feminine and neuter plural cathartice)

1. cathartic

Declension