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View synonyms for abreaction

abreaction

[ ab-ree-ak-shuhn ]

noun

, Psychoanalysis.
  1. release of emotional tension achieved through recalling a repressed traumatic experience.

abreaction

/ ˌæbrɪˈækʃən /

noun

  1. psychoanal the release and expression of emotional tension associated with repressed ideas by bringing those ideas into consciousness

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  • ab·re·ac·tive [ab-ree-, ak, -tiv], adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of abreaction1

1910–15; ab- + reaction, on the model of German Abreagierung

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