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Meaning of "abreaction" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ABREACTION

abreaction  [ˌæbrɪˈækʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ABREACTION

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adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Abreaction is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ABREACTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Abreaction

Abreaction is a psychoanalytical term for reliving an experience in order to purge it of its emotional excesses; a type of catharsis. Sometimes it is a method of becoming conscious of repressed traumatic events. "Abreaction: concept introduced by Sigmund Freud in 1893 to denote the fact that pent-up emotions associated with a trauma can be discharged by talking about it. The release of affect occurred by bringing 'a particular moment or problem into focus'... and as such formed the cornerstone of Freud's early cathartic method of treating hysterical conversion symptoms." Early in his career, psychoanalyst Carl Jung expressed interest in abreaction, or what he referred to as "trauma theory", but later decided it had limitations concerning the treatment of neurosis. Jung stated that: "though traumata of clearly aetiological significance were occasionally present, the majority of them appeared very improbable. Many traumata were so unimportant, even so normal, that they could be regarded at most as a pretext for the neurosis. But what especially aroused my criticism was the fact that not a few traumata were simply inventions of fantasy and had never happened at all".

Definition of abreaction in the English dictionary

The definition of abreaction in the dictionary is the release and expression of emotional tension associated with repressed ideas by bringing those ideas into consciousness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ABREACTION


action
ˈækʃən
attraction
əˈtrækʃən
coaction
kəʊˈækʃən
hyperaction
ˌhaɪpərˈækʃən
immunoreaction
ɪˌmjuːnəʊrɪˈækʃən
inaction
ɪnˈækʃən
interaction
ˌɪntərˈækʃən
nonaction
ˌnɒnˈækʃən
overaction
ˌəʊvərˈækʃən
overreaction
ˌəʊvərɪˈækʃən
photoreaction
ˌfəʊtəʊrɪˈækʃən
proaction
prəʊˈækʃən
reaction
rɪˈækʃən
retroaction
ˌrɛtrəʊˈækʃən
satisfaction
ˌsætɪsˈfækʃən
self-action
ˌsɛlfˈækʃən
subaction
sʌbˈækʃən
transaction
trænˈzækʃən
underaction
ˌʌndərˈækʃən
underreaction
ˌʌndəriːˈækʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ABREACTION

abranchiate
abrasax
abrasion
abrasive
abrasively
abrasiveness
abraxas
abray
abrazo
abreact
abreactive
abreast
abreast of
abri
abricock
abridegment
abridgable
abridge
abridgeable
abridged

WORDS THAT END LIKE ABREACTION

accreditation
auction
collection
connection
construction
correction
course of action
detection
direction
election
fiction
function
inspection
instruction
introduction
out of action
production
protection
reduction
section
selection

Synonyms and antonyms of abreaction in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «abreaction» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ABREACTION

Find out the translation of abreaction to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of abreaction from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «abreaction» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

发泄
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

abreacción
570 millions of speakers

English

abreaction
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भावविरेचन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تنفيس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

абреакция
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

abreaction
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভিস্ফোট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

abréaction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Abreaction
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abreaktion
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

解除反応
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정화 반응
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Abreaksi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

abreaction
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அழுத்தப்பட்ட கருத்தை வெளியிடல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समतोल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

abreaksiyon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

abreazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odreagowania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

абреакція
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

abreaction
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

abreaction
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ABREACTION
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avreaktion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

abreaction
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of abreaction

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ABREACTION»

The term «abreaction» is normally little used and occupies the 130.622 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ABREACTION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about abreaction

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABREACTION»

Discover the use of abreaction in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to abreaction and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Abreaction: A Travers and Karpinski Novel
In this fast-paced thriller, the excruciating consequences of war erupt after thirty years, bringing violence, vengeance, and redemption to a Vietnam vet who must fight through the pain in order to find the inner peace he so desperately ...
C. Carl Roberts, 2013
2
Clinical Perspectives on Multiple Personality Disorder
This approach was developed by Kluft (1989c) to avoid overwhelming medically compromised and vulnerable MPD patients. Abreactions are necessary in the treatment of the MPD patient. An abreaction helps personalities reconnect their ...
Richard P. Kluft, Catherine G. Fine, 1993
3
An EMDR Primer: From Practicum to Practice
ABREACTION What Is It? For ancient Greek dramatists, the term abreaction was used to describe the purging effect that the release of emotion provides. It is a flow of intense emotions with the overall effect of releasing the high levels of affect ...
Barbara Hensley EdD, 2009
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Clinical Hypnosis Textbook: A Guide for Practical Intervention
This is particularly important when patients express an opinion that they feel worse rather than better after the experience, so the abreaction is then reframed as part of their progress, rather than otherwise. You may wish to use the model of a ...
Ursula James, 2010
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Comprehensive Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
Abreaction: concept introduced by Sigmund Freud in 1893 to denote the fact that pent-up emotions associated with a trauma can be discharged by talking about it. The release of affect occurred by bringing 'a particular moment or problem into ...
Salman Akhtar, 2009
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The World of Perversion: Psychoanalysis and the Impossible ...
In their preliminary communication to Studies on Hysteria, Freud and Breuer define what they term “abreaction” as an affective discharge through which the subject releases surplus excitation produced by the memory of a traumatic event.
James Penney, 2012
7
Beyond the Brain: Birth, Death, and Transcendence in ...
Traditional psychotherapists may have serious doubts about the usefulness of this technique because of its strong emphasis on abreaction. In psychiatric literature, the value of abreaction has been seriously questioned outside of the realm of ...
Stanislav Grof, 1985
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The Psychology of Confession
CHAPTER SEVEN CRITICISM AND VALUATION OF THE PART PLAYED BY ABREACTION AND ASSIMILATION IN PSYCHIATRY In the preceding chapter we described a method of treating traumatic memories — what Breuer called "the  ...
Erik Gustav Alexius Berggren, 1975
9
Care of the Psyche: A History of Psychological Healing
Catharsis. and. Abreaction. The term catharsis was derived from the Greek katharsis, meaning purification, from kathairein, meaning to cleanse or purify. In the original edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in 1893, it was defined as ...
Stanley W. Jackson, 1999
10
Psychoanalysis & Cinema
5. Cinematic. Abreaction: Tourneur's. Cat. People. Deborah. Linderman. A good deal has been said about the auspicious connection between psychoanalysis and the cinema, their joint emergence around the turn of the century, their ...
E. Ann Kaplan, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABREACTION»

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7 mistakes you probably make while brushing
And sideways brushing can cause notches near the gum line called abreaction lesions. With continued pressure, they can deepen into the ... «Kashmir Images, Jun 15»
2
Gender Trauma & Abreaction
A critic's stance evolves out of a personal worldview marked by trauma; the personal is political, as second-wave feminism tells us. As a feminist ... «Brooklyn Rail, May 15»
3
Ibrahimović is remembered as a failure with Barcelona. The truth is …
So let's not make Ibrahimović's latest return to Barcelona about abreaction. Instead, let's make it about his failure to succeed in the Champions ... «Fusion, Apr 15»
4
Shifting Gear: the quick and the dead of Australia's car industry …
... the National Gallery of Victoria's new Shifting Gear automotive exhibition, I was arrested by something ineffable — almost an abreaction. «Daily Review, Mar 15»
5
Buddhism and Psychiatry
... how Lucy's father Dr. Maney's shock was cured by an abreaction. He compares it with an old Hindi Film “Andas” where the shock of Neena ... «nation.lk - The Nation Newspaper, Feb 15»
6
Irish experience of shell shock in the first World War
This idea led to treatments such as hypnosis and abreaction, which involved soldiers re-experiencing or re-living traumatic memories in an ... «Irish Times, Jan 15»
7
An Egyptian Artist Without Borders
Abreaction 2 exhibition shot, Exhibited at Freeman Space, BK. Painting from Hafriyat series. The literature he reads pushed him to travel in ... «Egyptian Streets, Oct 14»
8
Why acknowledging white privilege is not surrendering to “white guilt”
... was weird too, and perhaps revealing; it went way beyond disagreement into what therapists call abreaction, a release of repressed emotion. «Salon, Aug 14»
9
Prius repelling 'coal rollers' in line for heavy fines
If passed, the bill would mean that drivers caught engaging in the practice, which is seen by some as an abreaction to President Obama's ... «Ecomento.com, Aug 14»
10
Marianne Thamm
And what lies behind the abreaction in this instance? Malema and the EFF, of course. believe that the overalls, an American invention, ... «Daily Maverick, Jul 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Abreaction [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/abreaction>. Apr 2024 ».
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