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anticathartic

anticathartic adjective: in no way causing or inducing catharsis.

Adjective

anticathartic (comparative more anticathartic, superlative most anticathartic)

  1. In no way causing or inducing catharsis.
  2. Acting as the opposite of a cathartic, preventing purging.

Noun

anticathartic (plural anticathartics)

  1. A drug that acts as the opposite of a cathartic, inhibiting purging.

Forms of anticathartic

Adjective
comparativemore anticathartic
superlativemost anticathartic
Noun
pluralanticathartics

Origin of anticathartic

From anti- + cathartic.

Questions about anticathartic

What does anticathartic mean?
Anticathartic means in no way causing or inducing catharsis.
What part of speech is anticathartic?
Anticathartic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near anticathartic in the dictionary

  1. anticatarrhal
  2. anticatarrhals
  3. anticatatonic
  4. anticategories
  5. anticategory
  6. anticathartic
  7. anticathartics
  8. anticathectic
  9. anticathexes
  10. anticathexis
  11. anticathode

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