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Homeopathic

Homeopathic \Ho`me*o*path"ic\, a. [Cf. F. hom['e]opathique.] Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy. [Also hom[oe]pathic.]

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homeopathic

a. Of or pertaining to homeopathy

WordNet
homeopathic

adj. of or relating to the practice of homeopathy; "homeopathic medicine" [ant: allopathic]

Usage examples of "homeopathic".

A remedy selected according to the principle of similars is a homeopathic remedy, but a remedy which is homogeneous with the mineral substances of the organism, and the use of which is founded on physiological chemistry, is a biochemic remedy.

Shaw will doubtless reply that many people are cured by homeopathic medicines, and by Christian Science.

Practices based upon the law of similarity may be termed Homeopathic magic: those on the law of contagion, Contagious magic.

In the anthropological understanding of homeopathic magic, perfume is the medium by which the lady magically usurps the sexual powers of the blossom.

You may be more familiar with it in its classical manifestation, an image of wax or clay which is used in homeopathic magic to inflict harm on the person it represents.

It can even be argued that our artists are employing homeopathic magic, behaving like primitives who, awed by a force they do not comprehend, attempt to exert control over it by simple-mindedly imitating it.