Cathartic - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kəˈθɑːrtɪk|  American pronunciation of the word cathartic
Brit.  |kəˈθɑːtɪk|  British pronunciation of the word cathartic

noun

- a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels (syn: aperient, physic, purgative)

adjective

- emotionally purging
- emotionally purging (of e.g. art)
- strongly laxative (syn: purgative)

Extra examples

There's something cathartic about a punch in the nose.

But Vietnam is hard to sell as a tidy, cathartic morality tale of troubled times overcome.

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