anticathartic

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adjective

In no way causing or inducing catharsis.

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Meanings

adjectiveanticathartic (comparative more anticathartic, superlative most anticathartic)

comparative more anticathartic · superlative most anticathartic

  1. literatureIn no way causing or inducing catharsis.
  2. medicineActing as the opposite of a cathartic, preventing purging.
nounanticathartic (plural anticathartics)

plural anticathartics

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

Origin

From anti- + cathartic.

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Translations

Portuguese anticatártico
  • anticatárticoin no way causing catharsis
Cite this entry
APA

anticathartic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticathartic

MLA

“anticathartic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticathartic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticathartic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticathartic.

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