κάθαρση — meaning in English
katharsi
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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.
- purification noun The process of removing impurities or contaminants from something.
Senses
κάθαρση is used for these senses in English:
- lustration (religion) A rite of purification, especially washing.
- lustration (politics, law) The restoration of credibility to a government by the purging of perpetrators of crimes committed under an earlier regime.
- purification The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
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.
purification — full definition
- noun The process of removing impurities or contaminants from something.
- noun A ritual intended to cleanse someone spiritually or religiously.