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Purging of emotions has racist converted (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

catharsis

'purging of emotions' is the definition.

'has racist converted' is the wordplay.
'converted' indicates an anagram.
'has'+'racist'='hasracist'
'hasracist' is an anagram of 'CATHARSIS'.

(Other definitions for catharsis that I've seen before include "cleansing'" , "Release of feelings" , "The release of pent-up emotions" , "emotional event" , "purging process" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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