Associations to the word «Abreaction»

Wiktionary

ABREACTION, noun. (psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross. [First attested in the early 20th century.]

Dictionary definition

ABREACTION, noun. (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke