cathartic C2 Topic:Art & Music US /kəˈθɑɹtɪk/ See IPA manual Freq #37794 Meanings 1 adj Purgative; inducing mental or physical catharsis. Shaving, my favorite activity, is very cathartic. 2 noun A laxative. The disease was regarded as pneumonia so far advanced that suppuration seemed to have supervened; bleeding, blisters, expectorants, and cathartics diminished the symptoms; the pulse continued frequent, hard, full, but always regular. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms anacatharticanticatharticcathartcatharticalcatharticallycathartineemetocathartichemocatharticuncathartic Etymology Learned borrowing from New Latin catharticus, from Ancient Greek καθαρτικός (kathartikós). Topics Art & Music External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # cathartic **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj, noun **IPA (US):** /kəˈθɑɹtɪk/ **Frequency rank:** 37794 ## Meanings 1. Purgative; inducing mental or physical catharsis. 2. A laxative. ## Examples - Shaving, my favorite activity, is very cathartic. - The disease was regarded as pneumonia so far advanced that suppuration seemed to have supervened; bleeding, blisters, expectorants, and cathartics diminished the symptoms; the pulse continued frequent, hard, full, but always regular. ## Derived Forms - anacathartic - anticathartic - cathart - cathartical - cathartically - cathartine - emetocathartic - hemocathartic - uncathartic ## Etymology Learned borrowing from New Latin catharticus, from Ancient Greek καθαρτικός (kathartikós). ## Topics - Art & Music markdown