homeopathic

[ hoh-mee-uh-path-ik ]

/ ˌhoʊ mi əˈpæθ ɪk /

of, relating to, or according to the principles of homeopathy.

practicing or advocating homeopathy.

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First recorded in 1815–25; homeo- + -pathic

ho·me·o·path·i·cal·ly, adverb

Fame in its highly diluted modern form provides a sort of homeopathic cure for the ancient evil of jealousy.
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Look, if homeopathic remedies make you feel better, take them.
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“From time to time in New Jersey,” Parkin said, adding that she sometimes took herbs and homeopathic remedies.
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Nature is like a homeopathic element, a tiny little ingredient that disrupts the entire organism.
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I was their physician, also—with my box of homeopathic medicines I took charge of the men, women, and children in sickness.
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While they represent the homeopathic and eclectic schools, yet the regulars are largely in the majority.
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Slowly, and in sugar-coated pills of homeopathic size, he administered to them minute doses of the ideas he wished them to digest.
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If taken in moderation, my dear Stella,in homeopathic doses.
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On the homeopathic principle, an abnormally dry and scorching spring came to his rescue.
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