abreact

English

Etymology

Partial translation of German abreagieren, from ab (“away from, off, down from”) + reagieren (“to react”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.ɹiˈækt/

Verb

abreact (third-person singular simple present abreacts, present participle abreacting, simple past and past participle abreacted)

  1. (transitive, psychoanalysis) To eliminate previously repressed emotions by reliving past experiences. [First attested in the early 20th century.][2]

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References

  1. ↑ R:Webster NCD 1974
  2. ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 8

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