Anticathartic
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Anticathartic is an adjective meaning (literature) In no way causing or inducing catharsis.
Meaning
(literature) In no way causing or inducing catharsis.
More Meanings
- (medicine) Acting as the opposite of a cathartic, preventing purging.
- (medicine) A drug that acts as the opposite of a cathartic, inhibiting purging.
Word Forms
- anticathartics
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include uncathartic, anodynic, nonpathetic, nontragic, anathematic, unsuspenseful.
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