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cathartic

[ kuh-thahr-tik ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to catharsis.
  2. Also cathartical. evacuating the bowels; purgative.


noun

  1. a purgative.

    Synonyms: physic, laxative

cathartic

/ kəˈθɑːtɪk /

adjective

  1. purgative
  2. effecting catharsis


noun

  1. a purgative drug or agent

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Derived Forms

  • caˈthartically, adverb

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Other Words From

  • ca·thar·ti·cal·ly adverb
  • ca·thar·ti·cal·ness noun
  • hy·per·ca·thar·tic adjective
  • non·ca·thar·tic adjective noun
  • non·ca·thar·ti·cal adjective
  • sem·i·ca·thar·tic adjective
  • un·ca·thar·tic adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cathartic1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Late Latin catharticus, from Greek kathartikós “fit for cleansing”; catharsis, -tic

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Example Sentences

There was something cathartic about deleting this 2,500-word monster of a farewell, and resolving to live.

Someone once asked me, did I find writing personally cathartic.

The acknowledgment of these crimes, which came as part of an amnesty for them, was a cathartic moment for El Salvador.

It was a cathartic moment for the brand, though far from a guarantee to help restore it to its glory days.

In that way that was cathartic too, to sort of stitch up all those pieces and see how that is.

The latter is an active emeto-cathartic, and is abundant on swampy grounds throughout the Southern States.

Sometimes, a gentle cathartic may be needful; but it is best first to try fasting.

Cathartic medicine should not be administered the first, the third, or any other day after confinement, unless it is needed.

The cathartic waters are the most numerous and the most extensively used.

Two or three glasses in the morning is the dose as a cathartic.

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