karmic

See also: karmić

English

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Etymology

From karma +‎ -ic.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹmɪk/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mɪk

Adjective

karmic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to karma.
    • 1991, Timothy Miller, quoting Ken Kesey, The hippies and American values, University of Tennessee Press, →ISBN, page 65:
      Ken Kesey was one who supported abortion only to save the life of the mother, arguing that society needed to care about everyone, including “the un-dead old [and][sic] the un-born young.” As he put it, “Abortions are a terrible karmic bummer.”
    • 2013 September 29, “Book review: Worst. Person. Ever. By Douglas Coupland”, in The Independent‎[1], London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 August 2014:
      Raymond Gunt is not a nice person. He might just be, as more than one character in Douglas Coupland’s 14th novel remarks, the Worst. Person. Ever. He’s far-fetchedly horrible. A grotesque. A supernova of bad karmic energy.

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References

  1. ^ “karmic, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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