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karmic

karmic

16 7.2
Relating to the idea that actions bring good or bad results later
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɑrmɪk/
: kármico
  • Many believe that doing good deeds leads to positive karmic outcomes in the future.
  • karmic task

And again, this has particular karmic foundations to it.

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Examples

  • This is your karmic reward

  • Today, though, my wife and I must have won some kind of karmic lottery.

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  • And it's a really beautiful karmic thing to watch.

  • Sort of karmic plan to get you right with the world?

  • You have a karmic bond, you know.

  • And again, this has particular karmic foundations to it.

  • And let that be your first lesson here, that universal karmic justice must take place.

  • You know, some sort of karmic need in Western culture attracted this wave of Eastern philosophy.

  • The destruction and pain that the Vietnamese suffered during the war were karmic results of the past deeds of their ancestors.

    Academic text (1999)
  • But that leads us into today's theme, which is instant karma, karmic justice, as some would say.

Surface Forms

karmic positive

Morphology

karmic = karma (transparent) = karma + ic

The adjective is a regular formation from the noun 'karma' with '-ic' meaning 'relating to', so meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Karmic comes from the Sanskrit word karma, which means 'action' or 'deed'. So karmic describes results that come from those actions, and a simple way to remember it is 'what you do comes back'.