Catharsis
CATHARSIS. The Greek katharsis is an action noun corresponding to a verb that literally means "to prune, to clean, to remove dirt or a blemish [katharma] for the purpose of rendering ...
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Catharsis
The release of repressed psychic energy.
The term catharsis originated from the Greek word katharsis, meaning to purge, or purgation. In psychology, the term was first employed by Sigmund Fr...
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Katharsis
Katharsis is a beneficial transformation of painful emotions through absorbed contemplation of a powerfully moving work of art. The root meaning of "katharsis" in Greek is clea...
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New York-based entrepreneur Julie Azuma was recently honored by
the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans with the first annual Lotus
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In 2006, three years after Dixie Chicks
lead vocalist
Natalie
Maines
ignited a firestorm of protest by declaring onstage in
London
that she was ashamed that
U.S.
Pres.
George W.
Bush
was fr...
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