abreaction

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Noun
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ab=re=ac=tion

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun abreaction has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

abreactionn. [Pref. ab- + reaction, after G. Abreagirung.].
     the purging of emotional tensions. See Catharsis, below.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

abreaction, n. Psychol. the free expression and consequent release of a previously repressed emotion.

Derivative
abreactive adj.
Etymology
AB- + REACTION after G Abreagierung

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