ABREACTION


Meaning of ABREACTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌa-brē-ˈak-shən ]

noun

Etymology: part translation of German Abreagierung catharsis, from ab off, away + Reagierung reaction

Date: 1912

: the expression and emotional discharge of unconscious material (as a repressed idea or emotion) by verbalization especially in the presence of a therapist

• ab·re·act -ˈakt verb

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