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Ghost Dog

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19. Hope this helps!

Reply to Demeter (Reply #16)

Tue Feb 5, 2013, 12:29 PM

Feb 2013

Catharsis, from the Greek ?ά?????? Katharsis meaning "purification" or "cleansing" (also literally from the Ancient Greek gerund Ancient Greek: ????ί???? transliterated as kathairein "to purify, purge," and adjective katharos "pure or clean" ancient and modern Greek: ?????ό? , is a sudden emotional breakdown or climax that constitutes overwhelming feelings of great pity, sorrow, laughter, or any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal, restoration, and revitalization - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharsis

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