Meanings
nounbibliotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural bibliotherapies)
plural bibliotherapies
- countableuncountableA nonpharmacological therapy using reading materials to meet people’s therapeutic or developmental needs.
Origin
- Englishbiblio-
- Proto-Indo-European*treb-der.?
- Ancient Greekθερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
- Ancient Greekθεραπεύω (therapeúō)
- Ancient Greekθεραπεία (therapeía)
- New Latintherapīa
- Englishtherapy
- Englishbibliotherapy
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 書目療法 /书目疗法
- 書目療法 /书目疗法form of therapy
Finnish kirjallisuusterapia
- kirjallisuusterapiaform of therapy
French bibliothérapie
- bibliothérapieform of therapy
Greek βιβλιοθεραπεία
- βιβλιοθεραπεία (vivliotherapeía)form of therapy
Polish biblioterapia
- biblioterapiaform of therapy
Portuguese biblioterapia
- biblioterapiaform of therapy
Cite this entry
APA
bibliotherapy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bibliotherapy
MLA
“bibliotherapy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bibliotherapy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bibliotherapy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bibliotherapy.
Source: bibliotherapy on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.