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The synonyms of “Cathartic” are: evacuant, purgative, psychotherapeutic, releasing, purging, purifying, cleansing, freeing, aperient, physic, laxative, enema, lenitive
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “cathartic” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| aperient | A purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels. |
| enema | A procedure in which liquid or gas is injected into the rectum, to expel its contents or to introduce drugs or permit X-ray imaging. |
| evacuant | An evacuant medicine such as a laxative an emetic or a sudorific. |
| laxative | A medicine which has a laxative effect. He may prescribe a laxative to ease the congestion. |
| lenitive | Remedy that eases pain and discomfort. |
| physic | Medicinal drugs. A physic for wives to give to impotent husbands. |
| purgative | A laxative. A widely employed and useful purgative. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “cathartic” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| cleansing | Cleansing the body by washing especially ritual washing of e g hands. A cleansing cream. |
| evacuant | (of a medicine or treatment) acting to induce some kind of bodily discharge. |
| freeing | Completely wanting or lacking. |
| psychotherapeutic | Emotionally purging. Psychotherapeutic treatments for childhood anxiety disorders. |
| purgative | Strongly laxative in effect. The purgative action of language. |
| purging | Serving to purge or rid of sin. |
| purifying | Acting like an antiseptic. Filtration is a purifying agent. |
| releasing | Emotionally purging (of e.g. art. |
| affective | Denoting or relating to mental disorders in which disturbance of mood is the primary symptom. Affective disorders. |
| cognition | A perception sensation idea or intuition resulting from the process of cognition. |
| conceptualize | Form a concept or idea of (something. Sex was conceptualized as an overpowering force in the individual. |
| emotion | Any strong feeling. Responses have to be based on historical insight not simply on emotion. |
| emotional | Of more than usual emotion. An emotional speech. |
| expression | Expression without words. His manner of expression showed how much he cared. |
| feeling | The capacity to experience the sense of touch. She was a feeling child. |
| intangibility | The quality of being intangible and not perceptible by touch. |
| ire | Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins. The plans provoked the ire of conservationists. |
| jealousy | The state or feeling of being jealous. A sharp pang of jealousy. |
| lyrical | Suitable for or suggestive of singing. The lyrical content of his songs. |
| madden | Cause to go crazy; cause to lose one’s mind. His behavior is maddening. |
| maladjustment | The condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability. Children of parents with chronic illness are at risk of psychological maladjustment. |
| mawkish | Effusively or insincerely emotional. The mawkish smell of warm beer. |
| mental | Relating to the mind. A quick mental calculation. |
| moody | Giving an impression of melancholy or mystery. His moody adolescent brother. |
| pathos | A style that has the power to evoke feelings. The actor injects his customary humour and pathos into the role. |
| psychic | The study of psychic phenomena. Psychic energy. |
| psychological | Of or relating to or determined by psychology. Psychological research. |
| psychologist | A scientist trained in psychology. A sports psychologist. |
| psychology | The mental characteristics or attitude of a person or group. The psychology of child killers. |
| semiconscious | Partially conscious; not completely aware of sensations. |
| sensibility | The quality of being able to appreciate and respond to complex emotional or aesthetic influences; sensitivity. Cruelty offended his sensibility. |
| sentiment | Tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion. I agree with your sentiments regarding the road bridge. |
| sentimental | Given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality. Sentimental soap operas. |
| superego | (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience. True schizophrenias lack the superego elements present in paranoia. |
| telepathy | The supposed communication of thoughts or ideas by means other than the known senses. |
| thinking | Using thought or rational judgement; intelligent. Thinking always made him frown. |
| touched | Slightly insane. You have to be a little touched to do my job. |
| unsentimental | Facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination. The speeches were short and unsentimental. |
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