💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cathartics"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| evacuantnoun | a laxative |
| aperientnoun | (medicine) A laxative, either in the form of a medicine or a food such as asparagus or hops, which has the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation. |
| laxativenoun | Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect. |
| purgativenoun | something, such as a substance or medicine, that purges; laxative |
| psychotherapeutic | Of or pertaining to psychotherapeutics (psychotherapy) |
| emotionalnoun | Of or relating to the emotions. |
| releasingnoun | The act by which something is released. |
| physicnoun | (archaic, countable) A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative. |
| healthful | Beneficial to bodily health. |
| hydragoguenoun | (archaic) Any medicine of this kind, usually a cathartic or diuretic. |
| cathartesnoun | The genus Cathartes includes medium-sized to large carrion-feeding birds in the New World vulture (Cathartidae) family. |
| catharsisnoun | Any release of emotional tension to the same effect, more widely. |
| purgativesnoun | something, such as a substance or medicine, that purges; laxative |
| katharsisnoun | Alternative form of catharsis. [(drama) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).] |
| purgationnoun | The process or act of cleansing from sin or guilt. |
| catharsnoun | a christian religious sect in southern france in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in albigensianism |
| penancesnoun | A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act. |
| depressionsnoun | (psychology, usually uncountable) A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future; any of several mental disorders with this state of mind as a central feature. |
| sufferingsnoun | suffering |
| suffocative | Tending or able to choke or stifle. |
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