What's the difference between abreaction and catharsis?

Abreaction


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Catharsis


Definition:

  • (n.) A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of the mouth, bowels, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But sanctions and mismanagement took their toll, and the scale of the long-awaited economic catharsis won’t be grand,” he says.
  • (2) We conclude that routine use of Golytely is preferable to methods involving catharsis and standard tap water enemas for barium enema examination, on the grounds that it is equally effective, yet more convenient for patients and for the radiology department, and reduces total costs.
  • (3) They functioned as role models and provided opportunities for catharsis.
  • (4) "We have no reason to hope now that the Serbs will go through catharsis and acknowledge that the non-Serbs in Prijedor had been killed, tortured, exterminated, raped."
  • (5) Purification and verbal catharsis under hypnosis are described, along with abreaction as a therapeutic instrument.
  • (6) But it does seem that Russia's rich are experiencing a moment of historical catharsis.
  • (7) Three films in, and already we know what an Andrea Arnold film might entail: visual poetry blooming in the harshest terrain; brutalised souls achieving emotional catharsis; and animals, lots of animals, the better to point up the underlying savagery of human experience.
  • (8) Looking back on the bloodiest century of human existence as some kind of fruitful catharsis feels profoundly dangerous.
  • (9) When children's adiposity and gender were considered as interacting factors, differences were also found for the attitude dimensions of health and fitness, and catharsis.
  • (10) Her catharsis came when she visited Chile in 1990 for celebrations marking the return to democracy.
  • (11) We know from many ethnological field research reports that the medicine man employs in his healing procedures - among other things - dream interpretation, (auto-) hynosis, and healing suggestion, advises the sick, uses imaginative techniques, and initiates group catharsis, i.e.
  • (12) Each of the common methods available--emesis, gastric lavage, activated charcoal, catharsis, and whole bowel irrigation--is discussed.
  • (13) A goal like that is a once in a generation thing, impossible to beat for a moment of joy and catharsis, and surely worth more than a mere place in the Premier League.
  • (14) This consisted of counseling and education, initial bowel catharsis, a supportive maintenance program to potentiate optimum evacuation, retraining, and careful monitoring and follow-up.
  • (15) It was hypothesized that viewing an aggressive film would lead to a decrease in hostile responses (catharsis) and an increase in aggressive responses (stimulation) when compared with a neutral film condition.
  • (16) The discussion suggests situations in which catharsis would be likely to prove useful, and indicates potential risks.
  • (17) Contemporary research on pornography reveals an impasse between the models of catharsis and learning.
  • (18) The US for their freescoring overwhelming of the opposition en route to the final (they’ve outscored the opposition 19 goals to 4), and Panama fro being in the half of the draw containing pre-tournament favorites to make the final, Mexico, and beating them in both the group stages and the semi-finals to ensure that this game is neither an opportunity for a Mexican “threepeat” or US catharsis for their defeats to Mexico in the last two finals.
  • (19) The results suggest that both inhibition of water absorption and reduced circular smooth muscle activity may be important factors in castor oil- and magnesium sulfate-induced catharsis.
  • (20) Contrary to popular notions, neither women nor hysterics experienced more catharsis or improved more in cathartic therapy.

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