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catharsis Having broken down sobbing at the funeral, he said afterwards that it had felt like a catharsis. kəˈθɑrsəs

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A cleansing or purification of the body, emotions, or spirit. One of the earliest uses of catharsis is in Aristotle's Poetics, where the philosopher claims that watching a tragedy provides the spectators with a desirable catharsis because of the buildup and release of the emotions of pity and fear. Sigmund Freud borrowed the term as a name for the process of bringing a set of unconscious desires and ideas back into consciousness in order to eliminate their bad effects. Today some people claim it's cathartic to merely express your anger or grief, since it “gets it out of your system.” Laxatives are also called cathartic, since they provide a physical catharsis that some people believe to be healthful. But there's no general agreement about any of this, and the notion of catharsis remains a very personal one

word	catharsis
definition	A cleansing or purification of the body, emotions, or spirit.
eg_sentence	Having broken down sobbing at the funeral, he said afterwards that it had felt like a catharsis.
explanation	One of the earliest uses of catharsis is in Aristotle's Poetics, where the philosopher claims that watching a tragedy provides the spectators with a desirable catharsis because of the buildup and release of the emotions of pity and fear. Sigmund Freud borrowed the term as a name for the process of bringing a set of unconscious desires and ideas back into consciousness in order to eliminate their bad effects. Today some people claim it's cathartic to merely express your anger or grief, since it “gets it out of your system.” Laxatives are also called cathartic, since they provide a physical catharsis that some people believe to be healthful. But there's no general agreement about any of this, and the notion of catharsis remains a very personal one
IPA	kəˈθɑrsəs

Catharsis People Cleansing Purification Body Emotions Spirit Broken