1. catharsis

noun. ['kəˈθɑːrsəs'] (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions.

Rhymes with Catharsis

• tarsus

Sentences with catharsis

1. Noun, singular or mass
The twin genres represented by the masks are both intended to serve as a form of catharsis.

Quotes about catharsis

1. I believe that we are lost here in America, but I believe we shall be found. And this belief, which mounts now to the catharsis of knowledge and conviction, is for me--and I think for all of us--not only our own hope, but America's everlasting, living dream.
- Thomas Wolfe

2. catharsis

noun. ['kəˈθɑːrsəs'] purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels.