cathartic

English

Alternative forms

• cathartick (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κάθαρσις (kátharsis, “cleansing, purification”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)tɪk

Adjective

cathartic (comparative more cathartic, superlative most cathartic)

1. Purgative; inducing (mental or physical) catharsis
2. That releases emotional tension, especially after an overwhelming experience

Derived terms

• anacathartic
• anticathartic
• cathartical
• cathartically
• emetocathartic
• hemocathartic
• uncathartic

 

Translations

purgative; inducing catharsis

• Bulgarian: разхлаби́телен (razhlabítelen)
• Dutch: louterend (nl), bevrijdend (nl)
• Finnish: ulostuksen aikaansaava
• French: cathartique (fr)
• German: erlösend (de), kathartisch, abführend (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: katartikus (hu)
• Indonesian: lega (id), melegakan (id)
• Portuguese: catártico
• Romanian: cathartic (ro)
• Russian: слаби́тельный (ru) (slabítelʹnyj)
• Swedish: förlösande (sv), renande (sv)

Noun

cathartic (plural cathartics)

1. A laxative

Translations

a laxative

• Bulgarian: разхлаби́телно (bg) n (razhlabítelno)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瀉藥／泻药 (zh) (xièyào), 泻药 (zh) (xièyào)

• Finnish: laksatiivi (fi), ulostusaine, ulostuslääke (fi)
• French: cathartique (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Abführmittel (de) n
• Hungarian: hashajtó (hu)
• Japanese: 下剤 (げざい, gezai), 下薬 (げやく, geyaku)
• Russian: слаби́тельное (ru) n (slabítelʹnoje)