Katharsis — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels

(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kæθˈɑːɹsɪs/

🇬🇧British English

/kaθˈɑːsɪs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kaθˈɑːsɪs/

3 syllables Say it as /kæθˈɑːɹsɪs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

abreaction purgation catharsis

Word Forms

cathartic	adjective	strongly laxative
purge	verb	excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)
abreact	verb	discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

catharsis

purger le corps par l'utilisation d'un cathartique pour stimuler l'évacuation des intestins

🇪🇸Spanish

catarsis

Purgar el cuerpo mediante el uso de un catártico para estimular la evacuación de los intestinos.

🇮🇹Italian

catarsi

purificare il corpo mediante l'uso di un catartico per stimolare l'evacuazione delle viscere

🇵🇹Portuguese

catarse

purgar o corpo com o uso de um catártico para estimular a evacuação dos intestinos

🇷🇺Russian

катарсис

очищение организма с помощью слабительных средств для стимуляции опорожнения кишечника

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कैथार्सिस

आंतों की निकासी को प्रोत्साहित करने के लिए रेचक के उपयोग से शरीर को शुद्ध करना

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্যাথারসিস

অন্ত্রের অপসারণকে উদ্দীপিত করার জন্য ক্যাথার্টিক ব্যবহার করে শরীরকে পরিষ্কার করা

🇮🇳Tamil

கதர்சிஸ்

குடலை வெளியேற்றுவதைத் தூண்டுவதற்கு ஒரு கத்தரிக்காயைப் பயன்படுத்தி உடலை சுத்தப்படுத்துதல்

🇮🇳Telugu

కథర్సిస్

ప్రేగుల తరలింపును ఉత్తేజపరిచేందుకు కాథర్టిక్ ఉపయోగించడం ద్వారా శరీరాన్ని ప్రక్షాళన చేయడం

🇮🇳Marathi

कॅथर्सिस

आतड्यांमधून बाहेर पडण्यासाठी उत्तेजित करण्यासाठी कॅथर्टिक वापरून शरीर शुद्ध करणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

કથર્સિસ

આંતરડાના ખાલી થવાને ઉત્તેજીત કરવા માટે કેથર્ટિકનો ઉપયોગ કરીને શરીરને શુદ્ધ કરવું

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಥಾರ್ಸಿಸ್

ಕರುಳಿನ ಸ್ಥಳಾಂತರಿಸುವಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಉತ್ತೇಜಿಸಲು ಕ್ಯಾಥರ್ಹಾಲ್ ಬಳಕೆಯಿಂದ ದೇಹವನ್ನು ಶುದ್ಧೀಕರಿಸುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

കാതർസിസ്

കുടലുകളുടെ ഒഴിപ്പിക്കൽ ഉത്തേജിപ്പിക്കുന്നതിനായി ഒരു കാറ്റാർട്ടിക് ഉപയോഗിച്ച് ശരീരം ശുദ്ധീകരിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਥਾਰਸਿਸ

ਅੰਤੜੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਨਿਕਾਸੀ ਨੂੰ ਉਤੇਜਿਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਕੈਥਾਰਟਿਕ ਦੀ ਵਰਤੋਂ ਕਰਕੇ ਸਰੀਰ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਕਰਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

کتھارسس

آنتوں کے انخلاء کو تیز کرنے کے لئے کیتھرٹک کے استعمال سے جسم کو صاف کرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

宣泄

通过使用泻药刺激肠道排空来净化身体

🇯🇵Japanese

カタルシス

下剤を使用して腸の排出を促すことで体を浄化すること

🇰🇷Korean

카타르시스

장의 배출을 자극하기 위해 카타르시스를 사용하여 몸을 정화합니다.

🇹🇭Thai

คาทาร์ซิส

การชำระล้างร่างกายโดยใช้ยาระบายเพื่อกระตุ้นการขับถ่ายของลำไส้

🇮🇩Indonesian

katarsis

membersihkan tubuh dengan menggunakan katarsis untuk merangsang evakuasi usus

🇵🇭Filipino

katarsis

paglilinis ng katawan sa pamamagitan ng paggamit ng cathartic upang pasiglahin ang paglisan ng mga bituka

🇲🇾Malay

katarsis

membersihkan badan dengan menggunakan katartik untuk merangsang pemindahan usus

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كاثارسيس

تطهير الجسم عن طريق استخدام المسهل لتحفيز إخلاء الأمعاء

🇮🇷Persian

کاتارسیس

پاکسازی بدن با استفاده از کاتارتیک برای تحریک تخلیه روده ها

🇮🇱Hebrew

קתרזיס

טיהור הגוף על ידי שימוש בקתרטיק כדי לעורר פינוי של המעיים

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