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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesカタルシス
Pronunciation / Transliteration: katarushisu
"音楽を聴くことでカタルシスを得ることができた。"
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The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.
"Crying can be a great form of catharsis after a difficult week."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek word katharsis, meaning 'cleansing' or 'purging', originating from katharos, meaning 'pure' or 'clean'. Historically used by Aristotle in his Poetics to describe the emotional cleansing experienced by an audience through tragedy, the term evolved in modern psychology to denote the therapeutic release of pent-up emotional tensions.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Catharsis" is said worldwide
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catharsis
Transliteration: catharsis
"Écrire ce journal a été une véritable catharsis."
Katharsis
Transliteration: Katharsis
"Das Konzert wirkte wie eine seelische Katharsis."
catarsi
Transliteration: catarsi
"Lo sport può essere una catarsi dallo stress quotidiano."
catarsis
Transliteration: catarsis
"La pintura le sirvió de catarsis tras la pérdida."
catarse
Transliteration: catarse
"O filme proporcionou uma profunda catarse aos espectadores."
विरेचन
Transliteration: virechan
"कला मानसिक विरेचन का एक साधन है।"
宣泄
Transliteration: xuānxiè
"哭泣可以成为一种情感的宣泄。"
카타르시스
Transliteration: katarsiseu
"그 영화의 결말은 관객들에게 큰 카타르시스를 주었다."
カタルシス
Transliteration: katarushisu
"音楽を聴くことでカタルシスを得ることができた。"
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