macrobiotic
Americanadjective
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of or relating to macrobiotics or its dietary practices.
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of, relating to, or serving macrobiotic food.
a macrobiotic restaurant.
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Archaic. lengthening the life span.
noun
adjective
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of or relating to macrobiotics
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of a diet comprising only food conforming to the principles of macrobiotics
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Origin of macrobiotic
Example Sentences
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The grocer was founded in 1966 by Japanese immigrants Michio and Aveline Kushi — pioneers of the natural-foods macrobiotic movement — who began selling imported organic goods out of their Boston home.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
At the lone, crunchy macrobiotic restaurant that continues to exist, stubbornly, as the city grows sleeker and more expensive around it.
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2026
Her father, who ran television-broadcasting businesses, embraced a fad for macrobiotic food and hired a chef to prepare it for the family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
Speaking on her most recent Goop podcast this week, she said: "I went into hardcore macrobiotic for a certain time, that was an interesting chapter where I got obsessed with eating very, very healthily."
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2025
She’d quickly stuffed it with vitamin- enriched pastries, dried fruit leather, macrobiotic beef jerky, and a few crystals for good luck.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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