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abreact

American

[ab-ree-akt] / ˌæb riˈækt /

verb (used with object)

Psychoanalysis.

to remove by abreaction.

abreact British

/ ˌæbrɪˈækt /

verb

(tr) psychoanal to alleviate (emotional tension) through abreaction

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Etymology

Origin of abreact

1910–15; ab- + react, on the model of German abreagieren

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