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special treatment

special treatment noun: a form of exceptional handling or care that differs from the standard, often implying favoritism.

Noun

special treatment (countable and uncountable, plural special treatments)

  1. (idiomatic) A form of exceptional handling or care that differs from the standard, often implying favoritism.
  2. (Nazism, euphemistic, historical) Mass murder that was carried out by Nazi functionaries and the SS.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see special, treatment.

Forms of special treatment

pluralspecial treatments

Origin of special treatment

The second sense is a calque of German Sonderbehandlung.

Questions about special treatment

What does special treatment mean?
Special treatment means a form of exceptional handling or care that differs from the standard, often implying favoritism.
What part of speech is special treatment?
Special treatment is a noun.
What is the plural of special treatment?
The plural of special treatment is special treatments.

Words near special treatment in the dictionary

  1. special stages
  2. special team
  3. special teamer
  4. special teamers
  5. special teams
  6. special treatment
  7. special treatments
  8. special unitary group
  9. special unitary groups
  10. special verdict
  11. special verdicts

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