Aristotle said that the point of art was to achieve catharsis.
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Catharsis
/kəˈθɑːsɪs/
Synonyms for "catharsis" (68 found)
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Noun(5 words)
Strong matches (20)
crapdefecationdejectiondeliverancedetersiondiarrheadischargedry cleaningdysenteryemotional releaseevacuationexpurgationfluxfreeingintermissionlienteryloose bowels
Noun(3 words)
Related words (34)
lustrationmotor abreactionmovementoutletpsychocatharsispsychodramapurgationpurgepurgingpurificationreleaserelease therapyremovalreprieverespiterunsshitshitssteam cleaningstool
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Noun(8 words)
Verb(1 words)
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6 entriesCollocations
5 entriescatharsis effectdramatic catharsisemotional catharsispsychological catharsistherapeutic catharsis
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κάθαρσις noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Arabic
1 entries- تَنْفِيس noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Bulgarian
1 entries- катарзис noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Catalan
1 entries- catarsi noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 宣洩 /宣泄 noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
- 導瀉 /导泻 noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Danish
1 entries- katarsis noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Faroese
1 entries- reinleikan noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Finnish
1 entries- katarsis noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
French
1 entries- catharsis noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
German
1 entries- Katharsis noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Greek
1 entries- κάθαρση noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Hebrew
1 entries- קתרזיס noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Hindi
1 entries- तनफ़ीस noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Hungarian
1 entries- katarzis noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Icelandic
1 entries- geðhreinsun noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Ido
1 entries- katarso noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Italian
1 entries- catarsi noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Japanese
2 entries- カタルシス noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
- 浄化 noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Polish
1 entries- katharsis noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Portuguese
1 entries- catarse noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Russian
2 entries- ка́тарсис noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
- ката́рсис noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- katarza noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
- катарза noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Slovak
1 entries- katarzia noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Spanish
1 entries- catarsis noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Swedish
1 entries- katarsis noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Turkish
1 entries- katarsis noun (drama: release of emotional tension)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
They need a sense of catharsis.
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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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