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reparative therapy

reparative therapy noun: synonym of conversion therapy.

Noun

reparative therapy (countable and uncountable, plural reparative therapies)

  1. Synonym of conversion therapy.
    • Sheldon and about 70 supporters met all day at Sheraton Hotel here to map expansion of TVC's "reparative therapy for enslaved people afflicted with gender-identity conflict" and develop strategies to defeat initiatives that would classify gay "behavior" as a civil right.1990 February 4, John Zeh, “Hundreds Protest Homosexuality 'Summit'”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 1
    • Reparative therapy is not a cure in the sense of erasing all homosexual feelings. It is however, a successful treatment strengthening masculine identification.1991, Joseph Nicolosi, “Reparative therapy of male homosexuality: A new clinical approach”, in Jason Aronson
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reparative, therapy.

Synonyms of reparative therapy

Forms of reparative therapy

pluralreparative therapies

Questions about reparative therapy

What does reparative therapy mean?
Reparative therapy means synonym of conversion therapy.
What part of speech is reparative therapy?
Reparative therapy is a noun.
What is the plural of reparative therapy?
The plural of reparative therapy is reparative therapies.

Words near reparative therapy in the dictionary

  1. reparationist
  2. reparationists
  3. reparations
  4. reparative
  5. reparative therapies
  6. reparative therapy
  7. reparatively
  8. reparatives
  9. reparatory
  10. reparel
  11. reparent

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