macrobiotic

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adjective

Of a lifestyle incorporating a dietary regimen including locally grown, seasonal, natural foods, or of the diet itself.

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Meanings

adjectivemacrobiotic (comparative more macrobiotic, superlative most macrobiotic)

comparative more macrobiotic · superlative most macrobiotic

  1. Of a lifestyle incorporating a dietary regimen including locally grown, seasonal, natural foods, or of the diet itself.

    You let somebody move in with you, you make all these little compromises to smooth things along, and the next thing you know, you're on some macrobiotic diet, you're listening to Joni Mitchell!

    1999, Shana Larsen, 200 Cigarettes (motion picture), spoken by Kevin (Paul Rudd)

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*makrós
  4. Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
  5. Frenchmacro-
  6. Englishmacro-
  7. Englishmacrobiotic

From macro- + -biotic.

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Translations

Catalan macrobiòtic
  • macrobiòticdiet
French macrobiotique
  • macrobiotiquediet
German makrobiotisch
  • makrobiotischdiet
Italian macrobiotico
  • macrobioticodiet
Spanish macrobiótico
  • macrobióticodiet
Welsh macrofiotig
  • macrofiotigdiet
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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