ABREACTION


Meaning of ABREACTION in English

— abreactive /ab'ree ak"tiv/ , adj.

/ab'ree ak"sheuhn/ , n. Psychoanal.

release of emotional tension achieved through recalling a repressed traumatic experience.

[ 1910-15; AB- + REACTION, on the model of G Abreagierung ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .