purple hat therapy
purple hat therapy noun: any medical practice in which an established form of therapy is combined with an unlikely new addition and is then claimed to be effective because of the new addition, when in fact the effectiveness is due to the established component.
Noun
purple hat therapy (countable and uncountable, plural purple hat therapies)
Synonyms of purple hat therapy
Forms of purple hat therapy
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Origin of purple hat therapy
Coined in a 2003 paper by Gerald Rosen and Gerald Davison, from the idea of wearing a purple hat in addition to other treatment.
Questions about purple hat therapy
- What does purple hat therapy mean?
- Purple hat therapy means any medical practice in which an established form of therapy is combined with an unlikely new addition and is then claimed to be effective because of the new addition, when in fact the effectiveness is due to the established component.
- What part of speech is purple hat therapy?
- Purple hat therapy is a noun.
- What is the plural of purple hat therapy?
- The plural of purple hat therapy is purple hat therapies.
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