Synonyms & related words for anacatharsis

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Words related to anacatharsis

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Where does anacatharsis come from?

The word anacatharsis breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: ana-, from Greek ana (“up, upward”); cathar, from Greek katharos (“pure, clean”); and -sis, from Greek -sis (“act, process, condition”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.