Translations for „purgation“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

purgation [pɜ:ˈgeɪʃn, Am pɜ:rˈ-] N

1. purgation MED (cleaning bowels):

purgation

очище́ние nt кише́чника

2. purgation REL:

purgation

очище́ние nt от грехо́в в чисти́лище

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English

There is no redemption in this story, although there is heart-wrenching camaraderie and gut-wrenching courage, but certainly no catharsis, no purgation of the dark emotions.

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He suggested purgation if needed noting that opium may cause a confined bowel state and that blistering appeared to be of no use.

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The term is often interpreted as a purgation of pity and terror, but an alternative understanding suggests a clarification of those feelings dramatists are bringing to a boil.

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In this view, only through extreme purgation could one divest the self of all will and desire in order to achieve perfection.

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In such times of profound disorientation and fear, catharsis--the purification and purgation of emotions through art--serves as a way to restore conceptual order.

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A purgation of the state apparatus would, of course, be necessary in this case too.

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Tragedy, for instance, exercises our passions of pity and fear and provides a sense of purgation.

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It does not at once enter upon the unitive way when it has passed through the aridities of the first purgation.

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A "katharsis" of this kind is not reducible to either purgation or purification.

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The only way to overcome the problematic condition of humanity, according to the ghost, is to experience purgation through fire.

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