abreaction

See also: abréaction

English

Etymology

Partial calque of German Abreagierung, from ab (“away from”) + Reagierung (“reaction”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.ɹiˈæk.ʃn̩/

Noun

abreaction (plural abreactions)

  1. (psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross. [First attested in the early 20th century.][2]

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References
  1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 5
  2. 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.

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