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abreaction
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Abreaction
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ab·re·ac·tion
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ˌæb
riˈæk
ʃən
/
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-sh
uh
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noun
Psychoanalysis
.
release of emotional tension achieved through recalling a repressed traumatic experience.
Origin:
1910–15;
ab-
+
reaction
, on the model of
German
Abreagierung
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ab·re·ac·tive
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riˈæk
tɪv
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,
adjective
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abreaction
(ˌæbrɪˈækʃən)
—
n
psychoanal
the release and expression of emotional tension associated with repressed ideas by bringing those ideas into consciousness
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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