NOUN
- a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism
How To Use Cathars In A Sentence
- The families are so caught up in an illogical belief in the emotional catharsis of execution that they remain in a state of suspended animation for years at a time.
- From this call-and-response interaction with Joyce, Lucas gains strength, and from their musical fusion emerges the blues catharsis that defines him and inspirits his people.
- Despite the stasis of the couples' narratives, however, a kind of catharsis seems finally to take place.
- Like a creature of nature who can quickly adapt to her surroundings, I hibernate, metamorphose, undergo catharsis and finally become a butterfly.
- He wrote out his rage and bewilderment, which gradually became a form of catharsis leading to understanding.
- But in all cases the cure is effected essentially by a kind of catharsis or purgation - a release of the pent-up psychic energy, the constriction of which was the basic cause of the neurotic illness.
- For the fans, this dance provides catharsis and releases pent-up energy.
- This is added to adequate nutrition, but also play a role catharsis.
- A catharsis of sorts rekindles, intoning archaic dreams Another View Of A Grand One
- The film's final half-hour is a curiosity, and not a successful one - a prolonged, needless epilogue which force-feeds us a catharsis that feels as false as it is extraneous to an otherwise fine story.