catharsis

No history, no struggle, no catharsis, no exploration, no humanity.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

They experience a brief catharsis, a release of their anxiety about succumbing to temptation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“You’re not going to have a grand catharsis or a life-changing turn,” Ball says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

She questions her devotion to her career, worrying about the physical toll it takes, but ultimately finds catharsis in the primal power of her own voice.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Zendagi migzara, Afghans like to say: Life goes on, unmindful of beginning, end, kamyab, nah-kam, crisis or catharsis, moving forward like a slow, dusty car­avan of kochis.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

Drawing from his life in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Mr. Kahan writes about quiet moments in small towns that lead to grand catharses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

Both Emma and Peter are stuck in unsatisfactory career situations that were “supposed to be temporary”; you can smell the catharses coming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2022

During the emotionally lurid “trust exercises” he runs in class, he forces students into unwelcome catharses regarding their relationships and friendships.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2019

This can make for a frustrating viewing experience in the moment, a film whose moral ambiguities and incomplete catharses don’t map onto a known horror template.

From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2019

The peals of laughter that rumbled across Broadway in the months following the terrorist attacks were emblematic of the most exuberant theatrical catharses I have ever experienced.

From Washington Post