Catharsis
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- A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy). Coined in this sense by Aristotle.
- Seeing the hero's catharsis helped her deal with the loss of her parents.
- Any release of emotional tension to the same effect, more widely.
- A therapeutic technique to relieve tension.
- Purging of the digestive system.
Catharsis is a Greek word meaning "purification" or "cleansing" derived from the ancient Greek gerund καθαίρειν transliterated as kathairein "to purify, purge," and adjective katharos "pure or clean" (ancient and modern Greek: καθαρός).
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