katarttinen terapia — meaning in English
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English meaning
- catharsis noun A powerful release of pent-up emotion, often triggered by a dramatic experience like a film, book, or performance.
Senses
katarttinen terapia is used for these senses in English:
- catharsis (psychology) 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).
catharsis — full definition
- noun A powerful release of pent-up emotion, often triggered by a dramatic experience like a film, book, or performance.
- noun More broadly, any process of releasing and clearing out strong emotions.