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abreact
abreact
English
Verb
abreact (third-person singular simple present abreacts, present participle abreacting, simple past and past participle abreacted)
- (transitive, psychoanalysis) To eliminate previously repressed emotions by reliving past experiences. [First attested in the early 20th century.][2]
Translations
eliminate previously repressed emotions
References
- ↑ R:Webster NCD 1974
- ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 8