abreaction meaning

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abreaction (noun): (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions.

Definition of abreaction

  1. (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions

    Synonyms: catharsis, katharsis

    Type of: purge

    Related forms: abreact

Scrabble score: 14 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AB · words ending in ON · 10-letter words

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