Associations to the word «Katharsis»

Wiktionary

KATHARSIS, noun. Alternative form of catharsis

Dictionary definition

KATHARSIS, noun. Purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels.
KATHARSIS, noun. (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats