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abreaction

US/ˌæb.ɹiˈæk.ʃn̩/

abreaction noun: the re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross.

Noun

abreaction (plural abreactions)

  1. The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross.

abreaction meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

abreaction in Tamil

அழுத்தப்பட்ட கருத்தை வெளியிடல், அக எதிரியக்கம், பட்டறிவை உணர்வோடு வெளிப்படுத்தல், மனநோயாளி தான் மறக்க முயலும்

abreaction in Indonesian

psychoanalysis
abreaksi

Forms of abreaction

pluralabreactions

Origin of abreaction

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

Questions about abreaction

What does abreaction mean?
Abreaction means the re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross.
What is abreaction in Tamil?
Abreaction in Tamil is அழுத்தப்பட்ட கருத்தை வெளியிடல், அக எதிரியக்கம், பட்டறிவை உணர்வோடு வெளிப்படுத்தல். See Abreaction meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is abreaction?
Abreaction is a noun.
How do you pronounce abreaction?
Abreaction is pronounced /ˌæb.ɹiˈæk.ʃn̩/ (US).
What is the plural of abreaction?
The plural of abreaction is abreactions.

Words near abreaction in the dictionary

  1. abrazos
  2. Abre
  3. abreact
  4. abreacted
  5. abreacting
  6. abreaction
  7. abreactions
  8. abreactive
  9. abreactively
  10. abreacts
  11. abread

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abreaction (page history and authors); abreaction (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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