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antitherapeutic

antitherapeutic adjective: having a damaging psychological effect opposite to that of therapy.

Adjective

antitherapeutic (comparative more antitherapeutic, superlative most antitherapeutic)

  1. Having a damaging psychological effect opposite to that of therapy.
    • Although he noted the antitherapeutic effects of prolonged litigation, he argued that litigation might actually be neutral or therapeutic for tort claimants, rather than antitherapeutic, because he asserted that pursuing litigation against the wrongdoer does not necessarily prolong the plaintiff's...2003, Irving B. Weiner, Donald K. Freedheim, Alan M. Goldstein, Handbook of Psychology: Forensic psychology

Forms of antitherapeutic

comparativemore antitherapeutic
superlativemost antitherapeutic

Origin of antitherapeutic

From anti- + therapeutic.

Questions about antitherapeutic

What does antitherapeutic mean?
Antitherapeutic means having a damaging psychological effect opposite to that of therapy.
What part of speech is antitherapeutic?
Antitherapeutic is an adjective.

Words near antitherapeutic in the dictionary

  1. antitheologies
  2. antitheology
  3. antitheorem
  4. antitheorems
  5. antitheoretical
  6. antitherapeutic
  7. antitherapy
  8. antithermic
  9. antithermogenic
  10. antitheses
  11. antithesis

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