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To: Jim Robinson
Twelve-and-a-half thousand posts is a catharsis.

Good.

12,540 posted on 04/27/2007 6:44:45 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: elkfersupper

One entry found for catharsis.
Main Entry: ca·thar·sis
Pronunciation: k&-’thär-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural ca·thar·ses /-”sEz/
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek katharsis,
from kathairein - to cleanse, purge, from katharos
1 See PURGATION
2 a: purification or purgation of the emotions
(as pity and fear) primarily through art
b: a purification or purgation that brings about spiritual renewal
or release from tension
3 elimination of a complex by bringing it to consciousness
and affording it expression


12,545 posted on 04/27/2007 6:49:01 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th
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