different between cleansing vs catharsis

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kl?n.z??/

Adjective

cleansing (comparative more cleansing, superlative most cleansing)

1. That cleanses.

   Apply the cleansing cream to your skin.

Synonyms

• detergent (uncommon); smectic (rare)

Translations

Noun

cleansing (countable and uncountable, plural cleansings)

1. The process of removing dirt, toxins etc.

   Regular skin cleansing may help to prevent acne.

Related terms

• ethnic cleansing

Translations

Verb

cleansing

1. present participle of cleanse

Anagrams

• cleanings, enscaling

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