List of synonyms from "caterpillar" to synonyms from "Catholicity"
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Definition of the day : « catharsis »
- noun purging, purification
- It does not touch the ‘catharsis’ of tragedy, which is another matter.
- Extract from : « The Comedies of William Congreve » by William Congreve
- Evacuations by venesection and catharsis, and then by the exhibition of opium.
- Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. II » by Erasmus Darwin
- There are certainly times when catharsis is necessary but "one thing is certain, the day for routine purgation is past."
- Extract from : « Outwitting Our Nerves » by Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury
- He however refers only to the catharsis upon the spectator, but not to that of the author's work upon himself.
- Extract from : « The Literature of Ecstasy » by Albert Mordell
- He had no sympathy with the poetry that had a social message and he did not understand its effect as a catharsis.
- Extract from : « The Literature of Ecstasy » by Albert Mordell