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MACROBIOTICS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does macrobiotics mean?
• MACROBIOTICS (noun)
The noun MACROBIOTICS has 1 sense:
1. the theory of promoting health and longevity by means of diet (especially whole beans and grains)
Familiarity information: MACROBIOTICS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The theory of promoting health and longevity by means of diet (especially whole beans and grains)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("macrobiotics" is a kind of...):
dietetics (the scientific study of food preparation and intake)
Derivation:
macrobiotic (of or relating to the theory or practice of macrobiotics)
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