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View definitions for catharsis

catharsis

noun as in purging, purification

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As such, there’s a certain catharsis in watching the Belchers fumble through their Thanksgiving misadventures, especially for someone like me, whose professional lens so often hinges on making the holiday seem better.

From Salon

But, unlike a kind and responsible therapist, Trump offers no catharsis or healing.

From Salon

“The Outrun” feels like the apotheosis of that phase of her run, a movie that offers an intimate sense of catharsis, particularly for those who have been affected by addiction.

The central deviation is that this “Speak No Evil,” with its more pronounced humor and catharsis, treats the other film’s scenario as a ghastly comedy of manners rather than as a brutalizing, unheroic descent.

The subsequent tour, and the tour film released in cinemas last year, was intended as a moment of community and catharsis for her followers.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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