adj
Meaning 1
Purgative; inducing mental or physical catharsis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Shaving, my favorite activity, is very cathartic.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cathartic
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /kəˈθɑɹtɪk/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tɪk
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adj
Meaning 2
That which releases emotional tension, especially after an overwhelming experience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A laxative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
strongly laxative
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: evacuant, purgative
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
emotionally purging (of e.g. art)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: releasing
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
emotionally purging
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: psychotherapeutic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: purgative, physic, aperient
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
Narrower terms: aloes, bitter aloes, castor oil, Epsom salts, laxative, milk of magnesia, Seidlitz powder, Seidlitz powders, Rochelle powder
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin catharticus, from Ancient Greek καθαρτικός (kathartikós).
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: разхлаби́телен (razhlabítelen) — purgative; inducing catharsis
- Catalan: catàrtic — purgative; inducing catharsis
- Dutch: louterend — purgative; inducing catharsis
- Dutch: bevrijdend — purgative; inducing catharsis
- Finnish: katarttinen — purgative; inducing catharsis
- Finnish: vapauttava — purgative; inducing catharsis
- French: cathartique — purgative; inducing catharsis
- German: erlösend — purgative; inducing catharsis
- German: kathartisch — purgative; inducing catharsis
- German: abführend — purgative; inducing catharsis
- German: (physisch/psychisch) reinigend — purgative; inducing catharsis
- Ancient Greek: καθαρτικός (kathartikós) — purgative; inducing catharsis
- Hungarian: katartikus — purgative; inducing catharsis
- Indonesian: lega — purgative; inducing catharsis
- Indonesian: melegakan — purgative; inducing catharsis
- Italian: catartico — purgative; inducing catharsis
- Portuguese: catártico — purgative; inducing catharsis
- Romanian: cathartic — purgative; inducing catharsis
- Russian: слаби́тельный (slabítelʹnyj) — purgative; inducing catharsis
- Swedish: förlösande — purgative; inducing catharsis
- Swedish: renande — purgative; inducing catharsis
- Bulgarian: разхлаби́телно (razhlabítelno) — laxative
- Chinese Mandarin: 瀉藥 /泻药 (xièyào) — laxative
- Chinese Mandarin: 瀉劑 /泻剂 (xièjì) — laxative
- Finnish: laksatiivi — laxative
- Finnish: ulostusaine — laxative
- Finnish: ulostuslääke — laxative
- French: cathartique — laxative
- German: Abführmittel — laxative
- Hungarian: hashajtó — laxative
- Japanese: 下剤 (gezai) — laxative
- Japanese: 下薬 (geyaku) — laxative
- Korean: 하제 (haje) — laxative
- Russian: слаби́тельное (slabítelʹnoje) — laxative