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Showing words for CATHARSIS using the English dictionary

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