antitreatment

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adjective

Opposing treatment (of a psychiatric condition, etc.).

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Meanings

adjectiveantitreatment (comparative more antitreatment, superlative most antitreatment)

comparative more antitreatment · superlative most antitreatment

  1. Opposing treatment (of a psychiatric condition, etc.).

    The problem of antitreatment attitudes has also been identified by others. Wilhelm and Lin (Chapter 15) showed that much undertreated depression comes about because of the antitreatment attitudes of those who suffer from it.

    2000, Gavin Andrews, Scott Henderson, Unmet Need in Psychiatry: Problems, Resources, Responses, page 94

Origin

From anti- + treatment.

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APA

antitreatment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antitreatment

MLA

“antitreatment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antitreatment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antitreatment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antitreatment.

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