katharsis

Other forms of katharsis

plural

katharsises·

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 katharsis

What does katharsis mean?

katharsis means "purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in katharsis?

katharsis has 3 syllables: ka-thar-sis. The stress falls on "ka".

What is another word for katharsis?

Close synonyms include catharsis, purgation, catharsis, abreaction. 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 katharsis a common word?

katharsis 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.