Meanings
adjectiveantipsychiatry (comparative more antipsychiatry, superlative most antipsychiatry)
comparative more antipsychiatry · superlative most antipsychiatry
nounantipsychiatry (uncountable)
- uncountableA form of psychoanalysis based on existentialist and sociological concepts
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Frenchpsych-
- Frenchpsychiatre
- Frenchpsychiatrie
- Englishpsychiatry
- Englishantipsychiatry
From anti- + psychiatry.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Polish antypsychiatria
- antypsychiatriaa form of psychoanalysis based on existentialist and sociological concepts
Portuguese antipsiquiatria
- antipsiquiatriaa form of psychoanalysis based on existentialist and sociological concepts
Cite this entry
APA
antipsychiatry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipsychiatry
MLA
“antipsychiatry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipsychiatry. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antipsychiatry,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipsychiatry.
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