Cathartic
adjective
Something that helps get rid of strong or unhappy feelings.
Writing in a diary can be a cathartic activity.
Often appears as...
- cathartic experience
- cathartic process
noun
A medicine that makes you poop.
The doctor prescribed a mild cathartic to cleanse his system.
Often appears as...
- prescribe a cathartic
- take a cathartic
adjective
Something that helps get rid of strong or unhappy feelings.
Writing in a diary can be a cathartic activity.
Often appears as...
- cathartic experience
- cathartic process
noun
A medicine that makes you poop.
The doctor prescribed a mild cathartic to cleanse his system.
Often appears as...
- prescribe a cathartic
- take a cathartic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Release
Use 'cathartic' to describe activities or experiences that help you emotionally let go of pent-up feelings.
After his breakup, going for long runs was cathartic for him.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Outcome
'Cathartic' often implies that the action or experience has a beneficial effect on your well-being.
Volunteering at the animal shelter was a cathartic way to deal with her grief.
Pro Tip 3/3Intense Emotions
The word 'cathartic' is typically used when referring to strong emotions, not mild or insignificant feelings.
Watching the tragic movie proved to be a cathartic experience for the audience.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Release
Use 'cathartic' to describe activities or experiences that help you emotionally let go of pent-up feelings.
After his breakup, going for long runs was cathartic for him.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Outcome
'Cathartic' often implies that the action or experience has a beneficial effect on your well-being.
Volunteering at the animal shelter was a cathartic way to deal with her grief.
Pro Tip 3/3Intense Emotions
The word 'cathartic' is typically used when referring to strong emotions, not mild or insignificant feelings.
Watching the tragic movie proved to be a cathartic experience for the audience.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Release
Use 'cathartic' to describe activities or experiences that help you emotionally let go of pent-up feelings.
After his breakup, going for long runs was cathartic for him.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Outcome
'Cathartic' often implies that the action or experience has a beneficial effect on your well-being.
Volunteering at the animal shelter was a cathartic way to deal with her grief.
Pro Tip 3/3Intense Emotions
The word 'cathartic' is typically used when referring to strong emotions, not mild or insignificant feelings.
Watching the tragic movie proved to be a cathartic experience for the audience.
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A global culture to...
uprisings in what happened in Egypt was particularly cathartic for me what happened there was a political coalition gathered together for a political goal and that was to remove the leader we need to move one step beyond that now we need to see how we can help those societies move from political coalition's loosely based political
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How we talk about sexual...
of vulnerability, shame, upset and injustice that I was ridden with in that moment and for the weeks to come. But wanting to find a way to condense these feelings into something ordered that I could work through, I decided to do what felt most natural to I wrote about it. It started out as a cathartic exercise.
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How one tweet can ruin...
"This isn't social justice. It's a cathartic alternative." For the past three years, I've been going around the world meeting people like Justine Sacco -- and believe me, there's a lot of people like Justine Sacco. There's more every day. And we want to think they're fine, but they're not fine.
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Maajid Nawaz: A global...
was particularly cathartic for me. What happened there was a political coalition gathered together for a political goal, and that was to remove the leader. We need to move one step beyond that now. We need to see how we can help those societies move from political coalitions,
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How to start a...
and if anyone else here wants to come and speak to me, I'm here to talk to you." It's very empowering and cathartic to do that. We need a whole-of-community approach. We give the tradies bags of information from local and national support services.
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Empathy Is Not...
And it's cathartic to laugh at them. But I can tell you that it really does not feel good to receive them. At first, I would screenshot their comments and make fun of their typos, but this soon felt elitist and ultimately unhelpful.
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How to build your...
the sense that you can change the world and that you can attain what you set out to do. Well, meeting Bandura was really cathartic for me, because I realized that this famous scientist had documented and scientifically validated
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Exorcise the Demons PIPE...
her screaming is both cathartic and symbolic as she fights to expel the hurt and torment she has suffered throughout her adult life let her go if you return no more than an hour into her exorcism
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This Clown Philosopher...
audience connect there's an old phrase that an old clown once told me is that a clown falls down so we don't have to and that's the role that they play and people laugh as a as a cathartic relief
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"Afterneath" / "Killing...
and pushed deep down where it lingers and rots. But I think in listening to these songs -- really listening -- can allow us to refeel these hard emotions, but in a cathartic and healing way.
Video examples
A global culture to...
uprisings in what happened in Egypt was particularly cathartic for me what happened there was a political coalition gathered together for a political goal and that was to remove the leader we need to move one step beyond that now we need to see how we can help those societies move from political coalition's loosely based political
Video examples
How we talk about sexual...
of vulnerability, shame, upset and injustice that I was ridden with in that moment and for the weeks to come. But wanting to find a way to condense these feelings into something ordered that I could work through, I decided to do what felt most natural to I wrote about it. It started out as a cathartic exercise.
Video examples
How one tweet can ruin...
"This isn't social justice. It's a cathartic alternative." For the past three years, I've been going around the world meeting people like Justine Sacco -- and believe me, there's a lot of people like Justine Sacco. There's more every day. And we want to think they're fine, but they're not fine.
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Maajid Nawaz: A global...
was particularly cathartic for me. What happened there was a political coalition gathered together for a political goal, and that was to remove the leader. We need to move one step beyond that now. We need to see how we can help those societies move from political coalitions,
Video examples
How to start a...
and if anyone else here wants to come and speak to me, I'm here to talk to you." It's very empowering and cathartic to do that. We need a whole-of-community approach. We give the tradies bags of information from local and national support services.
Video examples
Empathy Is Not...
And it's cathartic to laugh at them. But I can tell you that it really does not feel good to receive them. At first, I would screenshot their comments and make fun of their typos, but this soon felt elitist and ultimately unhelpful.
Video examples
How to build your...
the sense that you can change the world and that you can attain what you set out to do. Well, meeting Bandura was really cathartic for me, because I realized that this famous scientist had documented and scientifically validated
Video examples
Exorcise the Demons PIPE...
her screaming is both cathartic and symbolic as she fights to expel the hurt and torment she has suffered throughout her adult life let her go if you return no more than an hour into her exorcism
Video examples
This Clown Philosopher...
audience connect there's an old phrase that an old clown once told me is that a clown falls down so we don't have to and that's the role that they play and people laugh as a as a cathartic relief
Video examples
"Afterneath" / "Killing...
and pushed deep down where it lingers and rots. But I think in listening to these songs -- really listening -- can allow us to refeel these hard emotions, but in a cathartic and healing way.
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Steve Kazee
American Actor
For me, music is sort of my passion, more so than being an actor. I just never tried to make a career as a musician. It was just something that I did on my own time, just for me. I had written a lot of songs, but I don't really record a lot of music because, for me, it's the same way as a poet: I write to get things out. It's sort of cathartic.
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Sharon Van Etten
American Musician
The only thing that's helped me get through some really hard times was just being able to write and express - it's very cathartic for me. I'm hoping that, by writing and performing for other people, it affects them the same way.
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Amanda Shires
American Musician
The violin has always been important for me. My mom was a single mom and we moved around a lot, and so the violin was always the one constant I had. I always feel better when I had my violin. Playing it is cathartic.
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Jessie Buckley
Irish Musician
It's easy to sort of put a sheen across humanity if you're making a film for people who want to escape their own problems. But sometimes a movie can, in the most cathartic ways, expose those problems.
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Tig Notaro
American Comedian
I don't want to take myself too seriously, thinking that I'm always having to be this cathartic, intense and deep person, because I certainly enjoy silliness.
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Eamonn Walker
English Actor
I'm shy, and I can hide behind my acting and discover the truth about myself because it's cathartic in that way. But I tend not to read reviews.
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Nancy A. Collins
American Writer
Horror serves a cathartic role in human society, all throughout the world. It is a way of confronting the darkness, both within and without.
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Sarah McLachlan
Canadian Musician
Having the opportunity to express myself through music has been extremely cathartic for me my entire life.
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Mae Martin
Canadian Comedian
Talking about darker stuff from my life was definitely very cathartic and at times confronting.
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Nic Pizzolatto
American Novelist
Killing characters on television has become an easy short cut to cathartic emotion.
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Steve Kazee
American Actor
For me, music is sort of my passion, more so than being an actor. I just never tried to make a career as a musician. It was just something that I did on my own time, just for me. I had written a lot of songs, but I don't really record a lot of music because, for me, it's the same way as a poet: I write to get things out. It's sort of cathartic.
Quote examples
Sharon Van Etten
American Musician
The only thing that's helped me get through some really hard times was just being able to write and express - it's very cathartic for me. I'm hoping that, by writing and performing for other people, it affects them the same way.
Quote examples
Amanda Shires
American Musician
The violin has always been important for me. My mom was a single mom and we moved around a lot, and so the violin was always the one constant I had. I always feel better when I had my violin. Playing it is cathartic.
Quote examples
Jessie Buckley
Irish Musician
It's easy to sort of put a sheen across humanity if you're making a film for people who want to escape their own problems. But sometimes a movie can, in the most cathartic ways, expose those problems.
Quote examples
Tig Notaro
American Comedian
I don't want to take myself too seriously, thinking that I'm always having to be this cathartic, intense and deep person, because I certainly enjoy silliness.
Quote examples
Eamonn Walker
English Actor
I'm shy, and I can hide behind my acting and discover the truth about myself because it's cathartic in that way. But I tend not to read reviews.
Quote examples
Nancy A. Collins
American Writer
Horror serves a cathartic role in human society, all throughout the world. It is a way of confronting the darkness, both within and without.
Quote examples
Sarah McLachlan
Canadian Musician
Having the opportunity to express myself through music has been extremely cathartic for me my entire life.
Quote examples
Mae Martin
Canadian Comedian
Talking about darker stuff from my life was definitely very cathartic and at times confronting.
Quote examples
Nic Pizzolatto
American Novelist
Killing characters on television has become an easy short cut to cathartic emotion.
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