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Definitions: Catharsis |
CatharsisNoun1. (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions. 2. Purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "catharsis" was first used: 1803. (references) |
Synonyms: CatharsisSynonyms: abreaction (n), katharsis (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Catharsis |
| Non-English Usage: "Catharsis" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (catharsis). |
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| "Catharsis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Catharsis" is used about 43 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 43 | 52,181 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
catharsis | 61 |
catharsis definition | 4 |
catharsis hypothesis | 3 |
catharsis depth | 3 |
aristotle catharsis | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "catharsis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تطهير العواطف, التنفيس, إفراغ الأمعاء. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | катарзис, прочистване на организма, духовно прочистване. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | poèištìní, katarze. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تطهیر (Purge), تصفیه وتزکیه نفس بوسیله هنر, تصفیه (Administration, Infiltration, Settle, Settlement), روانپاکسازی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | catharsis (cathartic method). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Entspannung (détente, detente, easing, expansion, flashing, recreation, reduction of tension, relaxation, relaxation of stresses, release, release of stresses, slackening, stress relieving, stress-relief annealing, unbending, untightening). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κάθαρση (bottoming, clearance, expiation, expurgation, lustration, purgation, purification, quarantine, renal clearance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "ט"רות (purification), ט"ור (absolute, abstersion, cleaning up, cleansing, decontamination, pure, purgation, purge, purification, sheer, straight, unadulterated, unalloyed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | katarzis (catharses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | perasaan haus, penyucian (cleansing, gushing, purgation, purging, purification, sanctification), pencucian (ablution, washing of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | catarsi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | カタマラン船 (catalog, catalog shopping, catalogue, catamaran ship, catarrh). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | カタルシス . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | scooirey (furbish, looseness, polish, purge, scour, scrub), purgaid (black draught, drench, purge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atharsiscay catarse (abreaction, working off), purificação (abstersion, cleaning, clearing, comb out, deputation, exquisite, lustre, purgation, purification, refinement, renovation, sweetening), purga (bleeder, bleeder valve, blow off, purge, scour valve). (various references) catarsis. (various references) катарсис, очищение (abstersion, clarification, defecation, depuration, evacuation, lustration, purge, purification, rectification, refinement, sublimation). (various references) očišćenje (expurgation), katarza (cathartic). (various references) catarsis (abreaction, working off). (various references) rening (cleaning, purge, purification, removal, scavenging, trapping), laxering, katharsis. (various references) katarsis, ishal (diarrhea, diarrhoea, lax bowels, loose bowels, looseness, runs, the trots), amel (accomplishment, achievement, act, action, diarrhea, diarrhoea, runs). (various references) катарсис, очищення шлунка, лікування проносним. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | katharsis. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Catharsis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cahorsins, cartharsis, cashosis, catarsis, Cathar, catharasis, catharis, catharism, catharists, catharsism, catharsiss, catharsist, cathersis, cathrasis, cathrsis, ctharsis, katharsis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "catharsis" (pronounced kuthÄ"rsus) |
| 5 | -Ä" r s u s | Tarsus. |
| 3 | -s u s | acidosis, amniocentesis, analysis, antithesis, apotheosis, archdiocese, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, axis, census, cirrhosis, colossus, consensus, crisis, diagnosis, dialysis, diocese, electrolysis, fibrosis, Genesis, geotaxis, glacis, heterosis, homeostasis, hydrolysis, hypnosis, hypothesis, meiosis, metamorphosis, misdiagnosis, morphogenesis, Narcissus, necrosis, nemesis, nephrosis, neurofibromatosis, neurosis, nexus, organogenesis, photosynthesis, phototaxis, plexus, preadolescence, proboscis, prognosis, prosthesis, psoriasis, psychoanalysis, psychokinesis, psychosis, rhesus, sclerosis, symbiosis, synopsis, synthesis, telexes, Texas, thesis, thrombosis, tuberculosis, urinalysis, versus. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: archaists. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-h-i-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: archaist, citharas. | |
-2 letters: aristas, ascaris, caritas, casitas, cithara, racists, sacrist, tarsias. | |
-3 letters: airths, arhats, arista, carats, casita, cassia, chairs, charas, charts, crasis, crissa, crista, harass, rachis, racist, riatas, scarts, schist, shirts, sistra, sitars, stairs, starch, stichs, tarsia, tiaras, triacs. | |
-4 letters: acari, airth, airts, aitch, arhat, arias, arsis, assai, astir, atria, carat, carts, casas, casts. | |
-5 letters: aahs. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-h-i-r-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: anarchists. | |
+2 letters: catachresis, pharmacists. | |
+3 letters: achromatisms, cataphoresis, charismatics, christianias, parachutists. | |
+4 letters: astrophysical, catastrophism, catastrophist, charlatanisms, craftsmanship. | |
+5 letters: archaeologists, calligraphists, catastrophisms, catastrophists, charitableness, craftsmanships, haruspications, saccharimeters, saccharinities, theatricalisms, trisaccharides. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 74 68 61 72 73 69 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- - .... .- .-. ... .. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110100 01101000 01100001 01110010 01110011 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a t h a r s i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0074 0068 0061 0072 0073 0069 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)376786746784857585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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