Abreaction
/ˌæb.ɹiˈæk.ʃn̩/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross.
- 2 (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions wordnet
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Partial calque of German Abreagierung, from ab (“away from”) + Reagierung (“reaction”).