catharsis

Other forms of catharsis

plural

catharsises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about catharsis

What does catharsis mean?

catharsis means "(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in catharsis?

catharsis has 3 syllables: ca-thar-sis. The stress falls on "thar". In IPA it is /kəˈθɑɹsəs/.

What is another word for catharsis?

Close synonyms include katharsis, abreaction, katharsis, purgation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is catharsis a common word?

catharsis is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.