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View definitions for climacteric

climacteric

adjective as in critical

noun as in turning point

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Example Sentences

I know I am at a climacteric for all men who live by their wits, so I do not despair.

There were those who pretended that the climacteric years were fatal to political bodies as well as to individuals.

Yet the struggle for what was accomplished appears to have created a climacteric in the doer.

He was dizzily weak; collapse had quickly followed the climacteric excitement of being beside her, of speaking to her.

Lorenzo the Magnificent had been ruling Florence for many years and was then at the climacteric of his fame.

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On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to climacteric, such as: acute, defining, key, crucial, decisive, and significant.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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