Meaning & use
cathartic
Providing a feeling of relief from strong or repressed emotions.
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Writing about her grief in a journal proved deeply cathartic.
The team found the loud, cathartic scream after the game oddly satisfying.
A note on using this word
Cathartic comes from catharsis, a term originally used by Aristotle to describe emotional release through drama.
Words with a similar meaning
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