9 Letter Words for Catharsis
archaists, catharsis
8 Letter Words for Catharsis
archaist, citharas, issachar, shariats
7 Letter Words for Catharsis
achiras, arachis, aristas, ascaris, asiarch, carissa, caritas, casitas, chaitra, chartas, chirata, christs, cithara, cristas, hairsts, harissa, racists, sacrist, sarcast, scaiths, scarths, sharias, shariat, shastra, shastri, taricha, tarsias
6 Letter Words for Catharsis
achira, achras, acrita, actias, airths, archai, archit, arhats, arista, artics, assart, assith, cahita, carats, cartas, casita, cassia, castra, cathar, chairs, charas, charta, charts, chassa, chirts, chitra, christ, crasis, crissa, crista, criths, hairst, harass, harast, hassar, ischar, ishtar, raasch, rachis, racist, raitas, riatas, richts, sahras, saiths, sastra, scaith, scarth, scarts, scaths, schist, sciara, sciath, scrath, scrats, sharia, shasta, shirts, sistra, sitars, stairs, starch, stichs, strich, tairas, taisch, tarish, tarsia, tasars, tassah, tiaras, triacs, trisha
5 Letter Words for Catharsis
acari, acast, achar, acris, airth, airts, aitch, arach, arati, archt, arhat, arias, arish, arist, arith, arsis, artha, artic, asarh, ashir, assai, astir, atars, athar, atria, carat, carta, carts, casas, casha, casts, chair, chais, chait, chara, chars, chart, chass, chati, chats, chias, chirt, chits, chria, cista, cists, crash, crass, criss, crith, crits, haars, hairs, haras, harst, harts, hasta, hirst, hists, isaac, raash, raias, raita, raits, rasta, ratas, ratch, ratha, raths, riata, richt, rissa, sacra, saics, sairs, saist, saith, sarah, saris, sarsa, satai, satis, scars, scart, scath, scats, scrat, scrit, shirs, shirt, shist, shita, shits, shris, sicht, sitar, sitch, staia, stair, stars, stash, stchi, stich, stirs, stria, tachi, tachs, tahar, tahas, tahrs, taich, taira, taish, taras, tarsi, tasar, tchai, thars, tiara, tiars, tisar, trash, trass, triac, trias, trica
4 Letter Words for Catharsis
aahs, acta, acth, acts, ahas, aias, airs, airt, aith, aits, arca, arch, arcs, aria, aris, arts, asar, asci, asia, assi, asst, asta, astr, atar, atis, cair, cars, cart, casa, cash, cass, cast, cath, cats, chaa, chai, char, chas, chat, chia, chis, chit, cira, cist, cits, cris, crit, crts, haar, hair, hait, hart, hast, hats, hics, hiss, hist, hits, ichs, isth, itas, itch, raca, rach, rahs, raia, rais, rait, rasa, rash, rast, rata, rath, rats, rias, rich, risc, rist, rita, rits, sacs, saic, sair, sais, sari, sars, sart, sasa, sash, sata, sati, scar, scat, scsi, shia, shir, shit, shri, sich, sics, sirs, sish, sist, sita, sith, sits, srac, sris, star, stir, stra, taar, tach, taha, tahr, tais, tara, tari, tars, tash, tass, tchr, thai, thar, thir, this, tiar, tich, tics, trac, trah, tshi, tsia
3 Letter Words for Catharsis
aah, aas, ach, act, aha, ahi, ahs, aia, air, ais, ait, ara, arc, ars, art, ash, ass, ast, cai, car, cat, cha, chi, chs, cia, cir, cis, cit, crs, crt, csi, cst, ctr, cts, has, hat, hia, hic, hir, his, hit, hrs, hts, iaa, ich, ihs, ira, irs, ish, ist, ita, its, rah, rai, ras, rat, rct, rha, ria, rit, rti, saa, sac, sah, sai, sar, sat, sch, sci, scr, sct, sha, shi, shr, sht, sic, sir, sis, sit, sri, ssh, sta, str, taa, tai, tar, tas, tch, tha, tic, tis, tra, tri, trs, tsh, tsi, tss
Definitions for Catharsis
[1] the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music.
[2] Medicine/Medical . purgation.
[3] Psychiatry . psychotherapy that encourages or permits the discharge of pent-up, socially unacceptable affects. discharge of pent-up emotions so as to result in the alleviation of symptoms or the permanent relief of the condition.
[4] (in Aristotelian literary criticism) the purging or purification of the emotions through the evocation of pity and fear, as in tragedy
[5] psychoanal the bringing of repressed ideas or experiences into consciousness, thus relieving tensions See also abreaction
[6] purgation, esp of the bowels
Words related to Catharsis
ablution, purification, purgation, release, abreaction, cleansing, expurgation, lustration
Words nearby Catharsis
catgut, cath-, cath., cathar, catharine wheel, catharsis, cathartic, cathay, cathead, cathect, cathectic
Origin of Catharsis
1795–1805; < New Latin < Greek kátharsis a cleansing, equivalent to kathar- (variant stem of kathaírein to cleanse, derivative of katharós pure) + -sis -sis
Other words from Catharsis
hy·per·ca·thar·sis , noun
Word origin for Catharsis
C19: New Latin, from Greek katharsis, from kathairein to purge, purify
Synonyms for Catharsis
ablution, abreaction, cleansing, expurgation, purgation, purification, release, lustration
