Today’s “Word of the Day” is “cathartic“ and it is an adjective meaning “(of a particular thing/activity) helping to relieve, release, express strong feelings/emotions; purging, purifying, cleansing, cleaning, releasing, relieving; emotional, affecting, emotive, moving, rousing, touching, impactful, expressive”.
Example Sentence: Sri Lanka is facing an unprecedented political and economic emergency, a result of government mismanagement and the effect of global crises. But the tiny island nation is also seeing signs of cathartic revival. Despite longstanding ethnic, religious, linguistic and regional fault lines in Sri Lankan society, protesters have taken to the streets in unified resistance against the ruling Rajapaksa family, demanding a fix to spiralling food and energy costs.
This word is present in The Guardian article Sri Lanka’s humanitarian crisis could be the start of a political upheaval and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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