Word of the Day:
abreact
What It Means
To eliminate previously repressed emotions by reliving past experiences.
Abreact in Context
“HEATHER: But he'd deny it afterwards. Same thing all over. / DYSART: No. Because he's ready to abreact. / HEATHER: Abreact? / DYSART: Live it all again.”
Did You Know?
Partial calque of German abreagieren, from ab (“away from, off, down from”) + reagieren (“to react”), equivalent to ab- + react.
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