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Definition of Katharsis
1. Noun. Purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels.
Generic synonyms: Purge, Purging
Derivative terms: Cathartic, Purge
2. Noun. (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions.
Generic synonyms: Purge, Purging
Category relationships: Analysis, Depth Psychology, Psychoanalysis
Derivative terms: Abreact, Cathartic
Definition of Katharsis
1. [n -THARSES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Katharsis
Literary usage of Katharsis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1921)
"ARISTOTLE'S THEORY OF katharsis DN CHATTERJEE (Chandernagore College) ... So the
meaning of katharsis is ths purgation of the passions of pity and fear by ..."
2. The Quest by John Gneisenau Neihardt (1916)
"katharsis WHO pray for calm, abhorring flood and fire, Would shun the purging
and espouse the blight. Lo, in the marshland where the tempest's might Has ..."
3. Studies of the Greek Poets by John Addington Symonds (1902)
"... Irony—Aristotle's Definition of Tragedy—Modern Tragedy offers no katharsis of
the Passions—Destinies and Characters—Female Characters— The Supernatural ..."
4. Aristotle's theory of poetry and fine art: with a critical text and by Samuel Henry Butcher, Aristotle (1898)
"Now, Bernays transferred the katharsis of the Politics almost without modification
of meaning to the definition of tragedy. He limited its reference to the ..."
5. Aristotle's Poetics by Aristotle (1902)
"Moreover, in the words last quoted, —'all undergo a katharsis of some kind,'—it
is pretty plainly implied that the katharsis of pity and fear in tragedy is ..."
6. A Guide to the Literature of æsthetics by Charles Mills Gayley, Fred Newton Scott (1890)
"Manns, P. Die Lehre des Aristoteles von der tragischen katharsis und Hamartia.
... T. Ueber die katharsis in der Poetik des Aristoteles. Prog. ..."
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