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antitreatment

antitreatment adjective: opposing treatment (of a psychiatric condition, etc.).

Adjective

antitreatment (comparative more antitreatment, superlative most antitreatment)

  1. Opposing treatment (of a psychiatric condition, etc.).
    • The problem of antitreatment attitudes has also been identified by others. Wilhelm and Lin (Chapter 15) showed that much undertreated depression comes about because of the antitreatment attitudes of those who suffer from it.2000, Gavin Andrews, Scott Henderson, Unmet Need in Psychiatry: Problems, Resources, Responses, page 94

Forms of antitreatment

comparativemore antitreatment
superlativemost antitreatment

Origin of antitreatment

From anti- + treatment.

Questions about antitreatment

What does antitreatment mean?
Antitreatment means opposing treatment (of a psychiatric condition, etc.).
What part of speech is antitreatment?
Antitreatment is an adjective.

Words near antitreatment in the dictionary

  1. antitransportation
  2. antitranssexual
  3. antitrapping
  4. antitravel
  5. antitreating
  6. antitreatment
  7. antitreaty
  8. antitremor
  9. antitrend
  10. antitreponemal
  11. antitrespass

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