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What could be the opposite for the word Catharsis?

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    Dalek Dave wrote:

    A cartharsis is a release or cleansing.
     
    So its antonym could be:

    Blue balls?

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    Keith Barrow
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    Thats a bit personal! :)

    Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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    • A Abhinav S

      What would be the 'best fit' antonym for the word Catharsis? Someone suggested "absorption" but is there anything better?

      Too much of heaven can bring you underground Heaven can always turn around Too much of heaven, our life is all hell bound Heaven, the kill that makes no sound

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      smcnulty2000
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      Or some variation?

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      • B Brady Kelly

        Yes, but in common English, one has a catharsis, but not a constipation. Finding a suitable equivalent is indeed challenging. Blockage is the closest I can get now, but it is too materialistic in tone. Catharsis is a liberation and cleansing, so the opposite is not the lack of catharsis, but an orthogonally opposite concept. Sudden constraint 'of ideas'/'by thought', if only we can find one word for those four, seems quite descriptive of what I feel is the opposite of catharsis as we know it.

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        GenJerDan
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        Probably have to derive one from verklempt. (Well, from the roots.)

        It always itches for the first week or so. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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          GenJerDan
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          Mary Ann. :mad:

          It always itches for the first week or so. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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