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 

• ABREACTION (noun)

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)