catharsis meaning in Malayalam
വിരേചനം
UK/kəˈθɑːsɪs//kəˈθɑɹˌsɪs/
catharsis in Malayalam: വിരേചനം, ശുദ്ധി, ശുദ്ധീകരണം, വയറിളക്കൽ. In English, catharsis means a release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).
Malayalam words for catharsis
- purging, purgation, purification
- വിരേചനം, ശുദ്ധി, ശുദ്ധീകരണം, വയറിളക്കൽ, വിരേചനക്രിയ, രേചനം
English meaning of catharsis
- noun A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).
- noun Any release of emotional tension to the same effect, more widely.
- noun A purification or cleansing, especially emotional.
- noun A therapeutic technique to relieve tension by reestablishing the association of an emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first caused it, and then eliminating it by complete expression (called the abreaction).
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Questions about catharsis in Malayalam
- What is the meaning of catharsis in Malayalam?
- Catharsis in Malayalam is വിരേചനം, ശുദ്ധി, ശുദ്ധീകരണം, വയറിളക്കൽ.
- catharsis എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
- Catharsis: വിരേചനം, ശുദ്ധി, ശുദ്ധീകരണം, വയറിളക്കൽ.
- What does catharsis mean in English?
- Catharsis means a release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).
Source and license
Malayalam words from the E.K. Kurup corpus on Olam: catharsis (dataset and license). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: catharsis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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