abreaction
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ab·re·act
(ăb′rē-ăkt′)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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abreaction
(ˌæbrɪˈækʃən)n
(Psychoanalysis) psychoanal the release and expression of emotional tension associated with repressed ideas by bringing those ideas into consciousness
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ab•re•ac•tion
(ˌæb riˈæk ʃən)n.
the release of emotional tension achieved through recalling a repressed traumatic experience, esp. during psychoanalysis.
[1910–15]
ab`re•act′, v.t. -act•ed, -act•ing.
ab`re•ac′tive, adj.
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Noun | 1. | abreaction - (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions depth psychology, psychoanalysis, analysis - a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis" |
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abreaction
[ˌæbrɪˈækʃən] N (Psych) → abreacción fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
abreaction
n (Psych) → Abreaktion f
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