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Catharsis is from the Ancient Greek word κάθαρσις, katharsis, meaning "purification" or "cleansing", commonly used to refer to the purification and purgation of thoughts and emotions by way of expressing them. The desired result is an emotional state of renewal and restoration. [ 1][ 2]
Catharism ( / ˈkæθərɪzəm / KATH-ər-iz-əm; [ 1 ] from the Ancient Greek: καθαροί, romanized :katharoí, "the pure ones" [ 2 ]) was a Christian quasi- dualist or pseudo- Gnostic movement which thrived in Southern Europe, particularly in northern Italy and southern France, between the 12th and 14th centuries. [ 3 ]
Cathartic. In medicine, a cathartic is a substance that accelerates defecation. This is similar to a laxative, which is a substance that eases defecation, usually by softening feces. [ 1] It is possible for a substance to be both a laxative and a cathartic. However, agents such as psyllium seed husks increase the bulk of the feces. [ 2][ 3]
Aristotle's work on aesthetics consists of the Poetics, Politics (Bk VIII), and Rhetoric. [ 8] The Poetics was lost to the Western world for a long time. The text was restored to the West in the Middle Ages and early Renaissance only through a Latin translation of an Arabic version written by Averroes. [ 9]
Freud defined cathexis as an allocation of libido, pointing out for example how dream thoughts were charged with different amounts of affect. [ 5] A cathexis or allocation of emotional charge might be positive or negative, leading some of his followers to speak of a cathexis of mortido as well. [ 6] Freud called a group of cathected ideas a ...
Hubris. Hubris ( / ˈhjuːbrɪs /; from Ancient Greek ὕβρις (húbris) 'pride, insolence, outrage'), or less frequently hybris ( / ˈhaɪbrɪs / ), [ 1] describes a personality quality of extreme or excessive pride [ 2] or dangerous overconfidence and complacency, [ 3] often in combination with (or synonymous with) arrogance. [ 4]
For example, flipping the switch for the bathroom vent fan instead of the light switch to turn on the bathroom light would be a description similarity slip. Data-driven errors occur in the arrival of new sensory information that triggers an automatic response, such as dialing the hotel concierge to reserve a particular room and dialing the room ...
Tragicomedy is a literary genre that blends aspects of both tragic and comic forms. Most often seen in dramatic literature, the term can describe either a tragic play which contains enough comic elements to lighten the overall mood or a serious play with a happy ending. [ 1] Tragicomedy, as its name implies, invokes the intended response of ...