macrobiotics
/ˌmæk.ɹəʊˈbaɪ.ɒt.ɪks/noun
macrobiotics is a noun meaning “The art or science of prolonging life, of living a long life” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-A-C-R-O-B-I-O-T-I-C-S and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 59 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does macrobiotics mean?
noun
- 1
The art or science of prolonging life, of living a long life.
- 2
The use of a macrobiotic diet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce macrobiotics?
- Canada /ˌmækɹoʊˌbaɪˈɑtəks/
- UK /ˌmæk.ɹəʊˈbaɪ.ɒt.ɪks/
Macrobiotics has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-macrobiotics.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is macrobiotics?
Macrobiotics appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Macrobiotics in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense art of prolonging life:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Makrobiotik |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does macrobiotics come from?
From macro- + biotics.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).