cathartic

catharsis | American Dictionary

catharsis
noun[ C/U ]
us/kəˈθɑr·sɪs/pluralcatharsesus/kəˈθɑrˌsiz/
the experience of expressing strong emotions that previously were blocked:
[ C ]It’s the director’s hope that Germans who see his movie will go through a catharsis similar to his own.

cathartic

adjectiveus/kəˈθɑr·t̬ɪk/
a cathartic experience

Examples of catharsis

catharsis
These skills are used with the intention of helping patients to set goals, problem solving and facilitating catharsis.
Toward a new understanding of weeping and catharsis?
This type of catharsis springs from the sense of oneness with the performance event and a larger historical picture within which the performance becomes inscribed.
Catharsis is a recurring theme in listener interviews about heavy metal.
In general, it is about catharsis but not transgression.
The lived experience of music variously provides enjoyment and satisfaction - physical, emotional, and aesthetic/intellectual - as well as catharsis and emotional support.
The perpetual flux, far from frustrating experience, precipitates and enriches it in proper catharsis.
In this case, confidentiality, trust and catharsis, which are integral to a biographical inquiry, have led storytellers to articulate private concerns.
During the feast, not only was the urban space entirely transformed by pageantry, but the inhabitants collectively experienced a common exaltation, a great catharsis.
The public telling of horror stories seemingly worked as a catharsis for both author and reader.
Following this catharsis, a new day begins and routine work remains.
For example, when coping with physical symptoms, emotional support, catharsis, spiritual support, distancing, and emotional control were used by fewer than 20% of participants.
Arnold has not been alone in her opinion that punk's spirit of catharsis is to be found only in more visceral punk idioms.
These plays hold the key to opera's tragic pretensions; the esteem they long enjoyed should prompt us to reconsider the spirit of tragedy and the nature of catharsis.
Hence, there is a lingering, deep melancholy about the work, which does not achieve any catharsis but uses its dark instrumentation and frequent dying falls to reflect an inconsolable lamentation.
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