reparative therapy

English

Noun

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

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