Meanings
plural homeopathies · alternative homoeopathy · alternative homœopathy
- countableuncountablepseudoscienceA system of treating diseases with small amounts of substances which, in larger amounts, would produce the observed symptoms.
I am sure that if doctors (for instance) were first taught how to use some of the other methods of homeopathy effectively, particularly the therapeutics and organ-based methods, they would be much more able to incorporate these into their practices […]
2004, Ian Watson, A Guide to the Methodologies of Homeopathy, Cutting Edge Publications, →ISBN, page 20Antonyms: allopathy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA system of treating diseases with small amounts of substances which, in larger amounts, would produce the observed symptoms.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- GermanHomöopathie
- Englishhomeopathy
From German Homöopathie, equivalent to English homeo- + -pathy.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُعَالَجَة مَثَلِيَّة
- مُعَالَجَة مَثَلِيَّة (muʕālaja maṯaliyya)system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Basque homeopatia
- homeopatiasystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
Bulgarian хомеопатия
- хомеопатия (homeopatija)system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Catalan homeopatia
- homeopatiasystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
Chinese Mandarin 順勢療法 /顺势疗法
- 順勢療法 /顺势疗法 (shùnshì liáofǎ)system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Czech homeopatie
- homeopatiesystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
Danish homøopati
- homøopatisystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
Dutch homeopathie
- homeopathiesystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
Esperanto homeopatio
- homeopatiosystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
Finnish homeopatia
- homeopatiasystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
French homéopathie
- homéopathiesystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
German Homöopathie
- Homöopathiesystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
Greek ομοιοπαθητική
- ομοιοπαθητική (omoiopathitikí)system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Hebrew הומאופתיה
- הומאופתיה (homeopatia)system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Hindi होमियोपैथी
- होमियोपैथी (homiyopaithī)system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Hungarian homeopátia
- homeopátiasystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
Irish hoiméapaite
- hoiméapaitesystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
Italian omeopatia
- omeopatiasystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
Japanese ホメオパシー
- ホメオパシー (homeopashii)system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Korean 동종요법
- 동종요법 (dongjong'yobeop)system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Lithuanian homeopatija
- homeopatijasystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
Norwegian Bokmål homøopati
- homøopatisystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
Persian همسان درمانی
- همسان درمانی (hamsân darmâni)system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Polish homeopatia
- homeopatiasystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
Portuguese homeopatia
- homeopatiasystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
Romanian homeopatie
- homeopatiesystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
Russian гомеопа́тия
- гомеопа́тия (gomeopátija)system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Spanish homeopatía
- homeopatíasystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
Swedish homeopati
- homeopatisystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
Urdu معالجہ المثلیہ
- معالجہ المثلیہ (maljeh al-methiliyeh)system of treating diseases with very small amounts
Vietnamese vi lượng đồng căn, vi lượng đồng căn liệu pháp
- vi lượng đồng cănsystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
- vi lượng đồng căn liệu phápsystem of treating diseases with very small amounts
Cite this entry
homeopathy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homeopathy
“homeopathy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homeopathy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homeopathy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homeopathy.
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