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abreaction

Noun

ab=re=ac=tion

WORDNET DICTIONARY

abreaction(n = noun.act) catharsis, katharsis - (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions; Array

is a kind of purge, purging

Derived form verb abreact₁

abreaction, n. [Pref. ab- + reaction, after G. Abreagirung.].

the purging of emotional tensions. See Catharsis, below. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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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