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cathartic::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aperient, physic, purgative |
| Type of | medicinal drug, medication, medicine, medicament |
| Has types | laxative, aloes, bitter aloes, castor oil, epsom salts, milk of magnesia, rochelle powder, seidlitz powder, seidlitz powders |
cathartic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | psychotherapeutic |
| Derivation | catharsis |
cathartic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | releasing |
Examples of cathartic
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She was able to read her painful yet cathartic speech at a recent PACE luncheon.
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It was very cathartic, like going to my shrink and looking back at my childhood.
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Each carried with him a JOHNSON 85 jersey and a cathartic need to get rid of it.
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Pierce and company can induce cathartic shivers even in the dead heat of summer.
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It's very cathartic, especially when you get to break into a freestyle drum solo.
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The joy and relief leap from the photographs in giant, heaving, cathartic sobs.
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The later return of the theme, backed by the flutes, was cathartic and beautiful.
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In a way, Saturday was therapeutic and cathartic to honor him and move forward.
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There's nothing more cathartic and occasionally frustrating as a spot of fishing.
From the metro.co.uk
- Emotionally purging
- Purgative: a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
- Strongly laxative
- (catharsis) (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
- In medicine, a cathartic is a substance which accelerates defecation. This is in contrast to a laxative, which is a substance which eases defecation, usually by softening the stool. It is possible for a substance to be both a laxative and a cathartic. ...
- Catharsis or katharsis is a Greek word meaning "cleansing" or "purging". It is derived from the verb , kathairein, "to purify, purge," and it is related to the adjective , katharos, "pure or clean."
- (Catharsis (album)) Catharsis, also known as "boobies", or "rape cat", is the second studio album by Portuguese band Fingertips released in spring 2006. After All 'Bout Smoke 'n Mirrors this album also reached great success in Portugal surpassing the last album. ...
- (Catharsis (Elis album)) Catharsis is the fourth album by Elis, released on 27 November 2009 by Napalm Records. It is the first album with Sandra Schleret (ex-Dreams of Sanity, Siegfried as their new lead singer, the band released in early 2007 the MCD Show Me The Way.
- (Catharsis (hardcore punk band)) Catharsis was an influential American hardcore punk band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina that was active from 1994 to 2002. ...
