Cathartic

Word CATHARTIC
Character 9
Hyphenation ca thar tic
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Cathartic"

What do we mean by cathartic?

Inducing catharsis; purgative. adjective

An agent for purging the bowels, especially a laxative. noun

Purgative; purifying.

Pertaining to or derived from cathartin.

A cathartic medicine; a purge; a purgative. noun

Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative. adjective

Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic acid. adjective

A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity. noun

Purgative; inducing catharsis adjective

That releases emotional tension, especially after an overwhelming experience adjective

A laxative noun

Emotionally purging (of e.g. art) adjective

Emotionally purging adjective

Strongly laxative adjective

A purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels noun

A laxative.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Cathartic

The word "cathartic" in example sentences

Ca 'is the abbreviation for the word cathartic, meaning healing. ❋ Healing (2010)

It is on this fact that they founded their method of treatment, devised by Breuer and by him termed the cathartic method, though Freud prefers to call it the "analytic" method. ❋ Havelock Ellis (1899)

Over the weekend, the student met with Norwegian Prime Minister Jen Stoltenberg and other survivors - an experience she described as cathartic. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Whether it’s Coulter’s books, the millions of conservatives who enjoy them (hate, when cathartic, is actually quite enjoyable), or death threats against musicians who speak liberal opinions. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Activated charcoal with a cathartic should be administered. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If you will read the literature you will find that it is referred to as a cathartic, resembling in this respect the castor bean. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

This method of dispelling them is technically known as the cathartic method, and consists simply in a frank and full confession. ❋ Hereward Carrington (1919)

Both methods, the discharging, or the so-called cathartic one, and the side-tracking method evidently demand the discovery of the starting point in the service of the therapy and here again several methods are at the disposal of the psychologist. ❋ Hugo M��nsterberg (1889)

That earlier method of bringing the trauma to consciousness and making it discharge, the so-called cathartic method, removes only the particular group of disturbances but the patient remains a hysteric, and if ever new accidents should happen which would touch again those inmost repressed ideas, new hysterical symptoms would develop. ❋ Hugo M��nsterberg (1889)

Gamboge is a powerful drastic, hydragogue cathartic, which is apt to produce nausea and vomiting. ❋ Ray Vaughn Pierce (1877)

But Antlers 'lead singer/songwriter Peter Silberman's groundbreaking narrative about a man who witnesses the loss of a loved one to bone cancer deserves to be called cathartic, heartbreaking and so much more. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The experience can only be called cathartic and any listener who has suffered a similar heartbreak will hop on board. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But although he describes the process as definitely "cathartic", Considine isn't into the idea of making films simply to unburden himself. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In the 1990s, that meant that the government encouraged banks to sit on bad loans rather than undergo the kind of cathartic restructuring the U.S. is now undergoing. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I began to realize that we could be helping people, because it was kind of cathartic for them. ❋ Theo Spielberg (2011)

I tried wandering around my house screaming some of this stuff, you know, all glaring into the mirror all wild-eyed and crazy and ugly as hell and bellowing “Immigrants are people” and I mean it was kind of cathartic but to be honest I felt like I was doing most of the emotional work ❋ Unknown (2010)

I do not for a minute buy the notion that a meaningful number of Hillary supporters require the "cathartic" effects of a floor vote to supporting Obama. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Clinton stated that she felt the "cathartic" effect of letting her delegates vote for her would dispel a certain amount of residual resentment and allow the party to unify more closely behind Obama at the end of the convention. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The incident marked a kind of cathartic release for many people frustrated with the Iraq war as well. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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