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ABREACT
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they abreact ... he / she / it abreacts
Past simple: abreacted
Past participle: abreacted
-ing form: abreacting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "abreact" is one way to...):
allay; ease; relieve; still (lessen the intensity of or calm)
Domain category:
analysis; depth psychology; psychoanalysis (a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
abreaction ((psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions)
