abreaction
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See also: abréaction
English
Etymology
Partial calque of German Abreagierung, from ab (“away from”) + Reagierung (“reaction”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
abreaction (plural abreactions)
- (psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross. [2]
Translations
psychoanalysis
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References
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN), page 5
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abreaction”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.