Associations to the word «Abreaction»

Wiktionary

ABREACTION, noun. (psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross. [First attested in the early 20th century.]

Dictionary definition

ABREACTION, noun. (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions.

Wise words

All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
Ernest Hemingway