reparative therapy

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Noun

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reparative therapy (countable and uncountable, plural reparative therapies)

  1. (LGBTQ, pseudoscience) Synonym of conversion therapy
    • 1991, Joseph Nicolosi, “Reparative therapy of male homosexuality: A new clinical approach”, in Jason Aronson‎[1]:
      Reparative therapy is not a cure in the sense of erasing all homosexual feelings. It is however, a successful treatment strengthening masculine identification.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reparative,‎ therapy.

References

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  • Jamie Ducharme (2023 December 12) “Exclusive: Conversion Therapy Is Still Happening in Almost Every U.S. State”, in Time‎[2]
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