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catharsis

[kuh-thahr-sis] / kəˈθɑr sɪs /


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Telling her story has also been a "catharsis", she said.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

“It was this amazing collective feeling of catharsis and connection to something bigger than ourselves.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2025

The best songs on the album are rich with such moments of catharsis, where an arrangement builds to an emotionally wrenching peak and Mr. Ellis’s voice carries it through.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

But once you decide to level with your children with bracing honesty and vulnerability, you’re well on your way to achieving catharsis.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025

Adams had expressed his feisty and passionate objections to the Jeffersonian constructions in one last catharsis.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis