They felt they had an emotional catharsis after they spoke of the disaster. From LearnThat.org.
The term catharsis has been used for centuries as a medical term meaning a. From Wordnik.com. [Halley's Comment] Reference
You saw them disagreeing even on whether we can use the -- the term catharsis here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2008] Reference
The ancient Greeks used the term catharsis for the cleansing of both the body by medicine and the soul by art. From Wordnik.com. [The Chicago Blog] Reference
I think he's got a little time to do this, what we call the catharsis interview. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 2, 2009] Reference
HOWARD BRAGMAN, FIFTEENMINUTES. COM: It's what we call catharsis in our business. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 12, 2006] Reference
And for you literalists, the doctors define the term catharsis thusly (. From Wordnik.com. [Halley's Comment] Reference
If Aristotle used the word catharsis, he gave the word. From Wordnik.com. [CATHARSIS] Reference
But this catharsis is ruthlessly denied the victims of modernity. From Wordnik.com. [Hobbes in the Himalayas] Reference
However, this is an exercise in catharsis instead of anything serious. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Help Draft the Federalism Restoration Amendment] Reference
I will go ahead and call it catharsis since this relationship is set by the reader, not the writer. From Wordnik.com. [Necessary Poetry : Rigoberto González : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
The film that's got David Byrne thinking about performance as catharsis is probably Seven Easy Pieces by Marina Abramovic. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily: Fests and events, 2/28.] Reference
In form it may most briefly be described as the catharsis of folly by folly. From Wordnik.com. [SENSE OF THE COMIC] Reference
This catharsis, which is not yet over, is necessary for our national psyche. From Wordnik.com. [Peace, order and good government, eh?: April 2004 Archives] Reference
If you are coming to the Devil for therapy or catharsis, that is not what you are going to get today. From Wordnik.com. Reference
It's not the kind of catharsis I needed at the end. From Wordnik.com. [Brandon's Word: Despite Saoirse Ronan, Lovely Bones is a Failure « FirstShowing.net] Reference
It's a kind of catharsis, this Twittering, and so on. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Schirrmacher: The Age of the Informavore] Reference
"This is going to be the best kind of catharsis," he says. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Life will never be the same for Red Sox fans] Reference
Never before has a film caused the kind of catharsis I felt last night. From Wordnik.com. ['Inception' ads, your ubiquity is killing me | EW.com] Reference
You saw them disagreeing even on whether we can use the term "catharsis" here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2008] Reference
You're rhetoric makes me wonder exactly which faction is in need of "catharsis" here. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: National Race A Dead Heat; McCain's Attacks Working] Reference
But reading the play was so powerful, actually, it was a kind of catharsis for me, personally. From Wordnik.com. [Great Books: My Adventures with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World] Reference
Reading those feelings offers a kind of catharsis they may not be able to achieve on their own. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Harold Koplewicz: Understanding Why Teens Love Disaster, Distress And Dystopian Lit] Reference
I wonder if this "catharsis" she's been talking about lately wasn't more about her than about her supporters. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary: "Were You In This Campaign Just For Me?"] Reference
And there will be a chance to have -- quote -- the "catharsis" that she thinks is necessary at the convention. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 11, 2008] Reference
I mean, you know, the woman has been through a lot and maybe she feels like this is some kind of catharsis for her. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 5, 2009] Reference
Two years ago, however, salvation came, or perhaps a kind of catharsis, in the unlikely form of Cyrano de Bergerac. From Wordnik.com. [Christina Patterson: 'Opera Was My Secret Love': Interview with Roberto Alagna] Reference
I used to cry every day because it made me feel a kind of catharsis, but now it's lessed to about once or twice a week. From Wordnik.com. [Tagged] Reference
Sure, it's cuz she's so very special and all, and also her Mutant Army of Wounded Women need (more) "catharsis" as she says. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary To Headline Second Night Of Convention] Reference
The gruelling yatra to the cave works as a kind of catharsis for the pilgrim soul. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to State At War With People Of Kashmir: PDP] Reference
This isn't the "catharsis" it's made out to be, by the way - that's just more spin. From Wordnik.com. [Expecting Rain] Reference
The Greeks believed in something called "catharsis," the purging of emotions through dramatic art. From Wordnik.com. [Canton Daily Ledger Homepage RSS] Reference
I find a kind of catharsis in writing and also feel that some of you may benefit from my experience as well. From Wordnik.com. [FreshBlogger] Reference
Durban conference as a kind of catharsis, "she said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"catharsis" for those looking for a creative way to express their inner spill experience. From Wordnik.com. [GotPoetry.com News] Reference
"" We had to create a space for catharsis, '' says Gutierrez. From Wordnik.com. [The Death Of A Bishop] Reference
And they certainly offer very little in the way of catharsis or closure. From Wordnik.com. [Handle This Box Of Dynamite Very Carefully] Reference
His whole life was a catharsis; his art looks cathartic; it is cathartic. From Wordnik.com. [Jack The Dripper Returns] Reference
There's something wrong with a system that robs you of the catharsis and the simple civility of saying, "" I'm sorry. From Wordnik.com. [No Joking Matter] Reference
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