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cathart

UK/kəˈθɑːt//kəˈθɑɹt/

cathart verb: to feel or express catharsis.

Verb

cathart (third-person singular simple present catharts, present participle catharting, simple past and past participle catharted)

  1. To feel or express catharsis.
    • Second, the experimental subjects were given only a minimal opportunity to cathart; one note seems in-sufficient to ventilate anger, and perhaps several notes are needed.1961, Arnold H. Buss, The Psychology of Aggression, Wiley, page 86
    • The old religions used to repress. My approach is: instead of repressing, cathart, throw it out. Repressed, it enters into your unconscious being. Repressed anger will become a wound inside you, it will create poison. Thrown out of the system it leaves a beautiful clean space within. Of course...1984, Osho, edited by Prem Maneesha (Ma.), You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet: Initiation Talks Between Master and Disciple, Rajneesh Foundation International, →ISBN, page 117

Examples of cathart in a sentence

  • My approach is: instead of repressing, cathart, throw it out.1984, Osho, edited by Prem Maneesha (Ma.), You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet: Initiation Talks Between Master and Disciple, Rajneesh Foundation...
  • You need to cathart.” “Cathart your brains out.” “Cathart all over the place.” “That is a great point, guys.2015 February 8, Gabe Liedman, “Windbreaker City” (0:34 from the start), in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 2, episode 15, spoken by Charles...
  • Are you ready to cathart the hell out this?’ ‘Cathart?’ ‘Yes.2021 May 22, Will Carver, The Beresford, Orenda Books, →ISBN:
  • So whenever you go back, let them first cathart.2023 July 7, OSHO, Tao: The Golden Gate, Jaico Publishing House, →ISBN:

Forms of cathart

third-person singular presentcatharts
present participlecatharting
past participlecatharted
pastcatharted

Origin of cathart

Clipping of cathartic.

Words that rhyme with cathart

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Questions about cathart

What does cathart mean?
Cathart means to feel or express catharsis.
How do you use cathart in a sentence?
My approach is: instead of repressing, cathart, throw it out.
What part of speech is cathart?
Cathart is a verb.
How do you pronounce cathart?
Cathart is pronounced /kəˈθɑːt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of cathart?
The past tense of cathart is catharted.

Words near cathart in the dictionary

  1. catharpings
  2. catharpins
  3. Cathars
  4. catharses
  5. catharsis
  6. cathart
  7. catharted
  8. cathartic
  9. cathartical
  10. cathartically
  11. catharticals

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