Synonyms for cathartic
kəˈθɑr tɪkcathar·tic

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1. purgative, cathartic, physic, aperientadjective

   a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels

   Synonyms:
   physic, purgative, aperient

   Antonyms:
   unhealthful, unemotional, costive

2. cathartic, psychotherapeuticadjective

   emotionally purging

   Synonyms:
   evacuant, purgative, releasing, psychotherapeutic

   Antonyms:
   unemotional, costive, unhealthful

3. cathartic, releasingadjective

   emotionally purging (of e.g. art)

   Synonyms:
   evacuant, purgative, releasing, psychotherapeutic

   Antonyms:
   unhealthful, unemotional, costive

4. cathartic, evacuant, purgativeadjective

   strongly laxative

   Synonyms:
   evacuant, purgative, releasing, psychotherapeutic

   Antonyms:
   costive, unemotional, unhealthful

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1. catharticadjective

   Synonyms:
   purgative, evacuant, abstergent, cleansing

2. catharticnoun

   Synonyms:
   purge, purgative, physic, purgative medicine

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1. catharticnoun

   Synonyms:
   purgative, physic, purge, evacuant

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1. Sam Rounseville:

   His story is a 76-year-old story of two things. One is fighting PTSD. He had it in the worst way. And the other thing is survivor's guilt. And those two things have shadowed him throughout his life, it is very cathartic for him.

2. Michael Pfau:

   They won't have to give depositions involving their life history. Their lives won't be scrutinized, but they lose their right to a jury trial. For a lot of abuse survivors, telling their story in a court of law and forcing the organizations to defend their actions can be cathartic. That won't happen with a bankruptcy.

3. Shannen Doherty:

   Putting it out there must be cathartic for her, it's her way of dealing with it, maybe that's her form of therapy.

4. Maura Rose:

   Theater, overall, is a unique opportunity for those on the spectrum because it provides an escape, allows them to be in the moment. I think often times they can’t do that, it provides a shared [emotional] experience and it can be just incredibly cathartic for them.

5. David Pilgrim:

   Compassion is not pity, not even empathetic pity. There is arrogance and haughty pride in pitying others. Compassion is when we are confronted with another’s suffering and we suffer with them. Their pain is ours. We are motivated to relieve their suffering. When we feel true compassion we help those who suffer, not as a cathartic release, but because it breaks our heart that they are hurting. I have not always known or believed these things, but I am thankful that I do now.