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catharsis/kəˈθɑ:sis/n. (pl. catharses /-si:z/) 1 an emotional release in drama or art (戏剧或艺术中)感情的抒发;陶冶;净化 2 Psychol. the process of freeing repressed emotion by association with the cause, and elimination by abreaction 【心】宣泄,精神发泄 3 Med. purgation 【医】导泻,通便 [modern Latin from Greek katharsis, from kathairō ‘cleanse’: sense 1 from Aristotle's Poetics] |