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bulimic

bulimic

11 8.1
Having a serious problem with eating that involves eating a lot then making yourself throw up
  • adjective
  • /bjuˈlɪmɪk/
  • Specialized
: bulímico
  • I have never starved myself, never been bulimic, never used slimming tablets, laxatives, or diuretics, or altered my diet in any way.
  • bulimic tendencies
  • bulimic symptoms
  • bulimic behavior

It's just like I had to become aware of I am not bulimic.

Examples

  • ICAT, a recently developed treatment approach, emphasizes the role of emotion in bulimic behavior and also argues that bulimic behavior regulates emotion.

    Academic text (2015)

  • At each session and at the end of treatment, bulimic symptoms, such as frequency of binge eating and purging, were assessed.

    Academic text (2015)

  • My friend, Graham, is bulimic.

    Stripped (2013)

  • You're not one of those bulimic girls, are you?

    Living Will... (2011)

  • Chloe, you're not bulimic, are you?

    Paranoid (2000)

  • Use of eHealth shows some promising results on bulimic behavior, depression, and anxiety.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Irving found that exposure to thin models was related to lower self-evaluations, regardless of the level of bulimic symptoms.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The primary outcome will be the frequency of objective bulimic episodes, assessed by the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q).

    Academic text (2014)

  • Our secondary purpose examined the relationships among body dissatisfaction, drive for thinness, bulimic tendencies, perfectionism, SPA, and exercise behaviors.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Many bulimic individuals struggle with their body image and self-esteem.

Surface Forms

bulimic positive

Morphology

bulimic = bulimia (transparent) = bulimia + ic

The adjective is formed by the productive suffix '-ic' attached to the noun 'bulimia', giving the predictable meaning 'relating to or suffering from bulimia'.

Etymology

The word bulimic comes from old Greek parts bous meaning 'ox' and limos meaning 'hunger', giving the image of an 'ox-like' hunger. So bulimic as an adjective describes someone with very strong, often hard-to-control eating urges and the behaviors that come with them.