catharsis

IPA(Pronunciation)

/kəˈθɑːsɪs/

Noun

countable uncountable

(drama) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).

Japanese Meaning

感情の解放や浄化。特に、圧倒的な間接体験（例：悲劇などのドラマを観ること）を経た後に、溜まった情動が解放される現象を指す。

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Watching the tragic play provided her with a catharsis that loosened the grief she had held for years.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その悲劇的な舞台を観ることで、彼女は長年抱えてきた悲しみが和らぎ、感情の浄化を得た。

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Sense（1）

True, as the show has entered its later years, there have been more inspired moments of catharsis, but fewer unpredictable arcs and story beats, as a narrative nearing its conclusion is no longer attempting to shock.

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Sense（2）

Any release of emotional tension to the same effect, more widely.

Sense（3）

A purification or cleansing, especially emotional.

Sense（4）

(psychology) A therapeutic technique to relieve tension by re-establishing the association of an emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first caused it, and then eliminating it by complete expression (called the abreaction).

Sense（5）

(medicine) Purging of the digestive system.

catharses

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