Anglais p.1 Flashcards
A cathartic experience/ Catharsis
In psychoanalytic theory the discharge of previously repressed affects connected to traumatic events that occurs when these events are brought back into consciousness and reexperienced
More generally, catharsis refers to the release of strong, pent-up (repressed) emotions
ADHD
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) can be defined as a condition in which someone, especially a child, is often in a state of activity or excitement and unable to direct their attention towards what they are doing.
Acceptance
Acceptance is part of the different stages people sometimes go through when coping with loss. In the article dealing with resilience, it is described as being the fourth stage.
It means that people finally come to terms with what they are experiencing. To come to terms means to come to accept (a new and painful or difficult event), to reconcile oneself to.
Accurate
Carefully precise.
Achieve
To perform sucessfully, to bring to a successful end
Achievement
Successful accomplishment
Acknowledge
To admit to be real or true, recognize the existance of
Actual
Real, existing
Actually
In fact, in reality
Address
To deal with or discuss
Adversity
Life’s difficulties, challenges, trials
Advocacy/Advocate
Public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy. In French: “plaidoyer”.
The verb to advocate means to promote, to recommend. In French, “préconiser, recommander”.
An advocate is a proponent, supporter or defender. In French: “un défenseur, un militant”.
Aim
To direct toward a particular goal, to intend.
Alienated
To be alienated means feeling that you have no connectin with the people around you ; isolated
Alleviate
To make easier to endure
Altruistic
Unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoistic).
appeal
To exert an attraction
Assess
To evaluate
Assumption
A supposition (to assume means you suppose)
Avoidance
The action of keeping away from or not doing something; trying to avoid thinking/ talking about the traumatic event and avoiding activities, places which remind you of the trauma.
Avoidance coping/ escape coping: coping mechanism characterized by the effort to avoid dealing with a stressor.
Aware; awareness
To be aware of something means having knowledge or realization of; to be conscious of. We can launch an awareness campaign when we want to raise awareness about a particular issue.
To raise awareness means to increase public understanding. In French: “sensibiliser”.
Bear
To tolerate or endure something, to stand (In French: “supporter”).
Unbearable means that cannot be endured, suffered through, or tolerated; unendurable; intolerable: unbearable pain.
Belittle
To think of, or cause others to think of (something) as less important than appearances indicate (“rabaisser, dénigrer; minimiser”).
Beyond help
To be at a point where nothing can be done to make things better.