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abreaction

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The first time I saw "yoda" conditions I had an abreaction. But then I realized the programmer who wrote it was "a foreigner, with ways different than our own."

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Quick take

(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions

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noun

(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for abreaction.

Example sentences

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The first time I saw "yoda" conditions I had an abreaction. But then I realized the programmer who wrote it was "a foreigner, with ways different than our own."

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You're malfunctioning one way by having an irrational reaction to quarantine, and a second way by attributing that abreaction to the quarantine and not to your personal history. You need a psychologist not a meal from a restaurant, eh?

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How do you use abreaction in a sentence?

The first time I saw "yoda" conditions I had an abreaction. But then I realized the programmer who wrote it was "a foreigner, with ways different than our own."

What does abreaction mean?

(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions

What part of speech is abreaction?

abreaction is commonly used as noun.