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CLIMACTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does climactic mean? 

CLIMACTIC (adjective)
  The adjective CLIMACTIC has 1 sense:

1. consisting of or causing a climaxplay

  Familiarity information: CLIMACTIC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CLIMACTIC (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Consisting of or causing a climax

Context example:

a climactic development

Antonym:

anticlimactic (coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot)

Derivation:

climax (the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse)

climax (the decisive moment in a novel or play)

climax (the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding)

climax (the most severe stage of a disease)


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