cathartic

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1. cathartic - Noun

2. cathartic - Adjective

3. cathartic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Alt. of Catharical

A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity.

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Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma. Robin Williams

Magicians do not, as a rule, presume that their audiences are intelligent and sensitive enough to want the magic to be challenging and cathartic. This is not a healthy starting point, for it stultifies magic and leaves it too close to children's entertainment. Derren Brown

I do find acting cathartic. Francesca Annis

Writing is very cathartic for me. As a teacher, I hear many students say that writing can be painful and exhausting. It can be, but ultimately I believe that if you push through, the process is healing and exhilarating. Francesca Lia Block

My wife Cecily Adams was dying of cancer, my daughter Madeline was struggling to overcome an autism diagnosis, and my father was dying, all at the same time. Writing the journal was a cathartic experience, and an extremely positive one. Jim Beaver

I dont know where the idea originated that memoir writing is cathartic. For me, its always felt like playing my own neurosurgeon, sans anesthesia. As a memoirist, you have to crack your head open and examine every uncomfortable thing in there. Koren Zailckas

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