kátharsis
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From κᾰθαίρω (kathaírō, “to cleanse”) + -σῐς (-sis).
Pronunciation
Noun
κᾰ́θᾰρσῐς • (kátharsis) f (genitive κᾰθᾰ́ρσεως); third declension
- cleansing, purification (in a moral/spiritual sense)
- clarification, explanation
- purging, evacuation (in a medical sense)
- pruning trees, shearing grain, clearing land