catabolic

• Rhymes: -ɒlɪk

catabolic

1. Of, or relating to catabolism.

   Antonym: anabolic

   Hypernym: metabolic

   Near-synonym: catabolytic (sometimes synonymous)

   • 2025 June 26, Sam Wolfson, “On r/collapse, people are ‘kept abreast of the latest doom’. Its moderators say it’s not for everyone”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “This is the idea of catabolic collapse: that what we’re living through is a series of crises, sometimes followed by momentary resolution, but the long-term trend is downturn. It’s not going to be a sudden event that’s everything in a single day, which I think people like preppers are more accustomed to thinking.”

catabolic (not comparable)

1. catabolic

Borrowed from French catabolique.

catabolic m or n (feminine singular catabolică, masculine plural catabolici, feminine and neuter plural catabolice)

1. catabolic