catharsis
/kəˈθɑːsɪs/noun
mass noun
1
- the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions感情宣泄, 情绪发泄。
2
- Medicine, rare purgation【医】〈罕〉 导泻, 通便。
词源
early 19th cent. (in sense 2)： from Greek katharsis, from kathairein 'cleanse'， from katharos 'pure'. The notion of 'release' through drama (sense 1) derives from Aristotle's Poetics.