the expression and consequent release of a previously repressed emotion, achieved through reliving the experience that caused it (typically through hypnosis or suggestion):he was using dream abreaction to treat a schizoid patient [count noun]:a series of interviews and abreactions
Derivatives
abreactive
adjective
Origin:
early 20th century: from ab- 'away from' + reaction, translating German Abreagierung
abreaction in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of abreaction in the US English dictionary
