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Climacteric

ˌklʌɪmakˈtɛrɪk

Climacteric definitions

noun

Inflections:

climacteric climacterics

a critical period or event

"the first major climacteric in twentieth-century poetry"

Synonyms:
critical point decisive point turning point crossroads critical period crux climax climacteric culmination height head moment of truth zero hour point of no return Rubicon
the period of life when fertility and sexual activity are in decline; (in women) menopause

"most women do not experience significant psychological problems at the climacteric"
the ripening period of certain fruits such as apples, involving increased metabolism and only possible while still on the tree

"ripening accompanied by a sharp rise in respiration, the so-called climacteric"

adjective

Inflections:

climacteric

having extreme and far-reaching implications or results; critical

"Britain must possess so climacteric a weapon in order to deter an atomically armed enemy"

Synonyms:
pivotal critical key climacteric decisive deciding determining settling testing trying searching
occurring at, characteristic of, or undergoing the period of life when fertility and sexual activity are in decline; (in women) experiencing or relating to menopause

"every year adds new symptoms to climacteric syndrome"
(of a fruit) undergoing a climacteric

"it doesn't ripen off the tree, being a climacteric fruit"