different between lethargy vs catharsis

English

Etymology

From Middle English litargie, from Medieval Latin litargia, from Late Latin l?th?rgia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ????????? (l?th?rgí?, “drowsiness”), from ???????? (l?th?rgos, “forgetful, lethargic”) +? -??? (-í?, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??.?(?).d??i/

Noun

lethargy (countable and uncountable, plural lethargies)

1. A state of extreme torpor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness. [from 14th c.]
2. (pathology) A condition characterized by extreme fatigue or drowsiness, deep unresponsiveness, or prolonged sleep patterns. [from 14th c.]

Related terms

• encephalitis lethargica (EL)
• lethargic
• Lethe

Translations

References

• “lethargy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “lethargy”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

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