The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word CATHARSIS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Sun in 2002.
Emotional cleansing crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CATHARSIS | 100 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Emotional cleansing
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- catharsis
- cathartic
- abreaction
- emotionalize
- mental
- psychiatry
- psychoanalysis
- psychotherapy
- baptism
- baring
- laver
- purgatory
Crossword Answer definitions
CATHARSIS noun- A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).
- Any release of emotional tension to the same effect, more widely.
- A purification or cleansing, especially emotional.
- A therapeutic technique to relieve tension by re-establishing the association of an emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first caused it, and then eliminating it by complete expression (called the abreaction).
- Purging of the digestive system.
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