conversion therapy

noun

The practice of psychiatric or psychological treatment to attempt to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of an LGBT person; used especially as an attempt to turn gay people heterosexual.

Similar
ex-gay therapygender identity change effortsGICEreorientation therapyreparative therapyreparative psychotherapysexual orientation and gender identity change effortssexual orientation change efforts
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Meanings

nounconversion therapy (countable and uncountable, plural conversion therapies)

plural conversion therapies

  1. countableuncountablepseudoscienceThe practice of psychiatric or psychological treatment to attempt to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of an LGBT person; used especially as an attempt to turn gay people heterosexual.

    Synonyms: ex-gay therapy, gender identity change efforts, GICE, reorientation therapy, reparative therapy, reparative psychotherapy, sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts, sexual orientation change efforts

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe practice of psychiatric or psychological treatment to attempt to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of an LGBT person; used especially as an attempt to turn gay people heterosexual.

Similar
ex-gay therapygender identity change effortsGICEreorientation therapyreparative therapyreparative psychotherapysexual orientation and gender identity change effortssexual orientation change effortsSOCESOGICE
Also see
reparative therapysexual orientation and gender identity change effortssexual orientation change efforts

Translations

Arabic عِلَاج التَّحْوِيل
  • عِلَاج التَّحْوِيل (ʕilāj at-taḥwīl)treatment
Bulgarian репаративна терапия
  • репаративна терапия (reparativna terapija)treatment
Catalan teràpia de conversió
  • teràpia de conversiótreatment
Chinese Mandarin 扭轉治療 /扭转治疗
  • 扭轉治療 /扭转治疗 (niǔzhuǎn zhìliáo)treatment
Czech konverzní terapie
  • konverzní terapietreatment
Esperanto konverta terapio, ripara terapio
  • konverta terapiotreatment
  • ripara terapiotreatment
Finnish eheytyshoito, eheytys
  • eheytyshoitotreatment
  • eheytystreatment
French thérapie de conversion, thérapie de réorientation sexuelle
  • thérapie de conversiontreatment
  • thérapie de réorientation sexuelletreatment
  • thérapie réparatricetreatment
Hebrew טִפּוּל הֲמָרָה
  • טִפּוּל הֲמָרָה (tipúl hamará)treatment
Hungarian konverziós terápia, reparatív terápia
  • konverziós terápiatreatment
  • reparatív terápiatreatment
Italian terapia di conversione
  • terapia di conversionetreatment
Polish terapia konwersyjna
  • terapia konwersyjnatreatment
Portuguese terapia de conversão
  • terapia de conversãotreatment
Romanian terapie de conversie
  • terapie de conversietreatment
Russian репарати́вная терапи́я
  • репарати́вная терапи́я (reparatívnaja terapíja)treatment
Slovak konverzné terapie
  • konverzné terapietreatment
Spanish terapia de conversión
  • terapia de conversióntreatment
Swedish omvändelseterapi
  • omvändelseterapitreatment
Tamil போலி மருத்துவம்
  • போலி மருத்துவம் (pōli maruttuvam)treatment
Turkish dönüşüm terapisi
  • dönüşüm terapisitreatment
Ukrainian репарати́вна терапі́я
  • репарати́вна терапі́я (reparatývna terapíja)treatment
Vietnamese chữa trị chuyển đổi, liệu pháp chuyển đổi
  • chữa trị chuyển đổitreatment
  • liệu pháp chuyển đổitreatment
Cite this entry
APA

conversion therapy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conversion%20therapy

MLA

“conversion therapy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conversion%20therapy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conversion therapy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conversion%20therapy.

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