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Word | Catharsis |
Hindi Meaning | भाव विरेचन, भाव विरेचन, साफ़ हो जाना, रेचन, दस्त, अतिसार, प्रवाहिका, ख़ाली होना, विरेचन, दस्तावर |
(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions / purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels / A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of the mouth, bowels, etc. / purging or cleansing of any passage of the body / the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions. / the act or process of releasing a strong emotion (such as pity or fear) especially by expressing it in an art form, | |
Usage | ⇒ Aristotle propounded the theory of catharsis in his book Poetics ⇒ Aristotle maintained that tragedy created a catharsis by purging the soul of base concepts. ⇒ Acting is a means of catharsis for her. ⇒ It's easy to write off Dumont's dark view as cynical, even delusional and childish, and it's even easier to laugh off the film's emotional catharses in order to create a safe distance. |
Synonyms | purgation, abreaction, purification, katharsis, purge, purging, release, ablution, cleansing, evacuation, lustration, defecation, expurgation, gushing, elimination, abstersion, acting-out, bloody flux, bowdlerization, bowel movement, |
Antonyms | adulteration, corruption, dirtying, alter, befoulment, besmearer, blemish, blight, blot, contagion, contaminant, contamination, damage, deface, defilement, defiler, depravity, deprivation, dirtiness, discolor, |
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