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ABREACTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does abreaction mean?
• ABREACTION (noun)
The noun ABREACTION has 1 sense:
1. (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
Familiarity information: ABREACTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
abreaction; catharsis; katharsis
Hypernyms ("abreaction" is a kind of...):
purge; purging (an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements)
Domain category:
analysis; depth psychology; psychoanalysis (a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud)
Derivation:
abreact (discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization)
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