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ab⋅re⋅ac⋅tion

  [ab-ree-ak-shuhn]
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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 G Abreagierung

Related forms:
ab⋅re⋅ac⋅tive  [ab-ree-ak-tiv] , adjective
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ab·re·act   (āb'rē-ākt')   
tr.v.   ab·re·act·ed, ab·re·act·ing, ab·re·acts
To release (repressed emotions) by acting out, as in words, behavior, or the imagination, the situation causing the conflict.

[Translation of German abreagieren : ab-, away + reagieren, to react.]
ab're·ac'tion n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ab·re·ac·tion
Pronunciation: "ab-rE-'ak-sh&n
Function: noun
: the expression and emotional discharge of unconsciousmaterial (as a repressed idea or emotion) by verbalization especially in the presence of a therapist —compare CATHARSIS2 —ab·re·act /-'akt/ verb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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