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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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
The emphasis is on pre-gentrification, before the area was overrun with luxury homes and high-end grocery stores offering gourmet macrobiotic bowls.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2023
Celebrities have swapped their macrobiotic, ketogenic diets to champion "veganism" as their new fitness regime.
From Salon • Dec. 5, 2022
I’ve got a man satchelfull of macrobiotic beef jerky, though.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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