catarsis

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάθαρσις (kátharsis, “cleansing, purge”), from καθαρός (katharós, “pure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtaɾsis/ [kaˈt̪aɾ.sis]
• Rhymes: -aɾsis
• Syllabification: ca‧tar‧sis

Noun

catarsis f (plural catarsis)

1. catharsis

Further reading

• “catarsis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10