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antipsychiatry

antipsychiatry adjective: opposed to psychiatry.

Adjective

antipsychiatry (comparative more antipsychiatry, superlative most antipsychiatry)

  1. Opposed to psychiatry

Noun

antipsychiatry (uncountable)

  1. A form of psychoanalysis based on existentialist and sociological concepts

Forms of antipsychiatry

comparativemore antipsychiatry
superlativemost antipsychiatry

Origin of antipsychiatry

From anti- + psychiatry.

Questions about antipsychiatry

What does antipsychiatry mean?
Antipsychiatry means opposed to psychiatry.
What part of speech is antipsychiatry?
Antipsychiatry can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antipsychiatry in the dictionary

  1. antipsych
  2. antipsychedelic
  3. antipsychiatric
  4. antipsychiatrist
  5. antipsychiatrists
  6. antipsychiatry
  7. antipsychic
  8. antipsychoanalytic
  9. antipsychoanalytical
  10. antipsychological
  11. antipsychologism

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