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therapyspeak

therapyspeak is the alternative form of therapy-speak.

Meaning of therapy-speak

Noun

therapy-speak (uncountable)

  1. The employment of psychologic jargon to converse with other people.
    • We recommend that authors and reviewers carefully consider whether manuscript quality is enhanced by the use of therapy-speak.2022 January 15, Amy M Franks, David Caldwell, “Unpacking the Use of Therapy-Speak in Scholarly Writing”, in American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, volume 87, number 3, published 1 April 2023...

Questions about therapyspeak

What is therapyspeak the alternative form of?
Therapyspeak is the alternative form of therapy-speak.

Words near therapyspeak in the dictionary

  1. therapy-speak
  2. therapygenetic
  3. therapygenetics
  4. therapying
  5. therapylike
  6. therapyspeak
  7. therasiaite
  8. theratoma
  9. theratomas
  10. theratype
  11. theratypes

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