abreact

[ ab-ree-akt ]

verb (used with object)

, Psychoanalysis.

1. to remove by abreaction.

abreact

/ ˌæbrɪˈækt /

verb

1. tr psychoanal to alleviate (emotional tension) through abreaction

Word History and Origins

Origin of abreact¹

1910–15; ab- + react, on the model of German abreagieren

Example Sentences

The whole doctrine of repentance really hinges on this question of abreacting painful or wrongful experience instead of repressing it.

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