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therapeutism

therapeutism noun: a therapy-based philosophy or approach.

Noun

therapeutism (uncountable)

  1. A therapy-based philosophy or approach.
    • If a person truly believes in the mythology of Black Muslimism — or Judaism, or Christianity — then he does not need the ersatz mythology of medicalism and therapeutism.1996, Thomas Szasz, Our Right to Drugs: The Case for a Free Market, page 122

Questions about therapeutism

What does therapeutism mean?
Therapeutism means a therapy-based philosophy or approach.
What part of speech is therapeutism?
Therapeutism is a noun.

Words near therapeutism in the dictionary

  1. therapeuticized
  2. therapeuticizes
  3. therapeuticizing
  4. therapeutick
  5. therapeutics
  6. therapeutism
  7. therapeutist
  8. therapeutists
  9. therapeutize
  10. therapeutized
  11. therapeutizes

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