cathartic
adj/kəˈθɑɹtɪk/US
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin catharticus, from Ancient Greek καθαρτικός (kathartikós).
- derived from καθαρτικός
- learned borrowing from catharticus
Definitions
Purgative
Purgative; inducing mental or physical catharsis.
- Shaving, my favorite activity, is very cathartic.
That which releases emotional tension, especially after an overwhelming experience.
- For some, Saturday’s protests were cathartic, a show of force and solidarity by progressives who had struggled to pick themselves up from last November’s election defeat.
- I don’t know if [Kamala] Harris found writing 107 Days cathartic, but reading it certainly wasn’t.
A laxative.
- The disease was regarded as pneumonia so far advanced that suppuration seemed to have supervened; bleeding, blisters, expectorants, and cathartics diminished the symptoms; the pulse continued frequent, hard, full, but always regular.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA