abreaction

[ ab-ree-ak-shuh n ]
/ ˌæb riˈæk ʃən /

noun Psychoanalysis.

release of emotional tension achieved through recalling a repressed traumatic experience.

Origin of abreaction

1910–15; ab- + reaction, on the model of German Abreagierung

OTHER WORDS FROM abreaction

ab·re·ac·tive [ab-ree-ak-tiv] /ˌæb riˈæk tɪv/, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for abreaction

abreaction
/ (ˌæbrɪˈækʃən) /

noun

psychoanal the release and expression of emotional tension associated with repressed ideas by bringing those ideas into consciousness