Multiple choice general knowledge

What is the meaning of catharsis ?

  1. private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy

  2. implying a cause-and-effect relationship

  3. purging or cleansing of any passage of the body

  4. procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Catharsis refers to the purification or purging of emotions or sensations, originally from Greek medical theory where it meant cleansing the body through purgation. Option C correctly captures this medical meaning of purging/cleansing a body passage. Option A describes a caucus, B is about causation, and D describes a cavalcade.

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