climactic definition - Dictionary

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cli·mac·tic [ klī máktik ]

adjective

Definition:

1. exciting: extremely exciting or decisive

2. relating to climax: relating to or forming a climax

[Late 19th century. <climax]

cli·mac·ti·cal·ly adverb

Word Usage


	climactic or climatic? Climactic, coming from climax, means "exciting or decisive" and "forming a climax," as in The hard-fought election was climactic [not climatic]. In a climactic [not climatic] passage, the author kills off the heroine.Climatic, coming from climate, means "relating to weather changes," as in severe climatic [not climactic] changes caused by global warming.