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Dictionary: ab·re·act
(ăb'rē-ăkt') pronunciation
tr.v., -act·ed, -act·ing, -acts.
To release (repressed emotions) by acting out, as in words, behavior, or the imagination, the situation causing the conflict.

[Translation of German abreagieren : ab-, away + reagieren, to react.]

abreaction ab're·ac'tion n.

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(ăb'rē-ăkt')
v., -act·ed, -act·ing, -acts.

To release repressed emotions by acting out the situation causing the conflict, as in words, behavior, or the imagination.

ab're·ac'tion n.
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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization, in psychoanalysis


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - afreagere

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Psych) se libérer, se défouler

Deutsch (German)
v. - (Psych.) abreagieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (ψυχολ.) εκφορτίζω συναισθηματικά, ψυχοκαθαίρω

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - (psicol) liberar emociones reprimidas representando por medio de palabras, actuación o la imaginación, la situación que creó el conflicto

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avreagera sig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
发泄, 使消散

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 發洩, 使消散

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 소산 시키다, 정화하다

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحرر من عقده نفسيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮החצין רגשות, פרק מעל לבו‬


 
 
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