"abreact" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌæb.ɹiˈækt/ [US] Forms: abreacts [present, singular, third-person], abreacting [participle, present], abreacted [participle, past], abreacted [past]
Etymology: Partial calque of German abreagieren, from ab (“away from, off, down from”) + reagieren (“to react”). Etymology templates: {{partial calque|en|de|abreagieren}} Partial calque of German abreagieren Head templates: {{en-verb}} abreact (third-person singular simple present abreacts, present participle abreacting, simple past and past participle abreacted)
  1. (transitive, psychoanalysis) To eliminate previously repressed emotions by reliving past experiences. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Psychoanalysis Derived forms: abreactive Translations (eliminate previously repressed emotions): afreagere (Danish), afreageren (Dutch), abréagir (French), abreagieren (German), ab-reagir (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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