abreaction

abreaction

See also: abréaction

English

Etymology

Partial translation of German Abreagierung, from ab (“away from”) + Reagierung (“reaction”).[1]

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæb.ɹiˈæk.ʃn̩/

Noun

abreaction (plural abreactions)

1. (psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross. [First attested in the early 20^th century.][2]

Translations

psychoanalysis

Czech: abreakce f Dutch: afreagering m, emotionele ontlading m German: Abreaktion (de) f

Greek: ψυχοκάθαρση f (psychokátharsi) Portuguese: ab-reação (pt) f

References

1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 5
2. “abreaction” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.

Anagrams

• acerbation, aerobactin