occupational therapy

noun

The therapeutic practice of encouraging better quality of life through the pursuit of work or other occupations.

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Meanings

nounoccupational therapy (usually uncountable, plural occupational therapies)

plural occupational therapies

  1. uncountableusuallyThe therapeutic practice of encouraging better quality of life through the pursuit of work or other occupations.
  2. ironicuncountableusuallyBusy work.
  3. uncountableusuallymental healtheducationSensory play for children often involving an obstacle course to relieve stress while the therapist works to nurture the patient's basic life skills.

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Synonyms & antonyms

nounSensory play for children often involving an obstacle course to relieve stress while the therapist works to nurture the patient's basic life skills.

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Translations

Catalan teràpia ocupacional, ergoteràpia
  • teràpia ocupacionaltherapeutic practice
  • ergoteràpiatherapeutic practice
Chinese Mandarin 職能治療 /职能治疗, 職業治療 /职业治疗
  • 職能治療 /职能治疗 (zhínéng zhìliáo)therapeutic practice
  • 職業治療 /职业治疗 (zhíyè zhìliáo)therapeutic practice
  • 作業治療 /作业治疗 (zuòyè zhìliáo)therapeutic practice
Finnish työterapia
  • työterapiatherapeutic practice
French ergothérapie, thérapie par le travail
  • ergothérapietherapeutic practice
  • thérapie par le travailtherapeutic practice
  • thérapie occupationnelletherapeutic practice
German Ergotherapie, Beschäftigungstherapie
  • Ergotherapietherapeutic practice
  • Beschäftigungstherapietherapeutic practice
Indonesian terapi okupasi
  • terapi okupasitherapeutic practice
Italian ergoterapia
  • ergoterapiatherapeutic practice
Malay terapi carakerja
  • terapi carakerjatherapeutic practice
Polish terapia zajęciowa
  • terapia zajęciowatherapeutic practice
Russian трудотерапи́я
  • трудотерапи́я (trudoterapíja)therapeutic practice
Scottish Gaelic teiripe ghnìomhachd
  • teiripe ghnìomhachdtherapeutic practice
Spanish terapia ocupacional
  • terapia ocupacionaltherapeutic practice
Swedish arbetsterapi
  • arbetsterapitherapeutic practice
Ukrainian ерготерапія
  • ерготерапія (erhoterapija)therapeutic practice
Cite this entry
APA

occupational therapy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occupational%20therapy

MLA

“occupational therapy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occupational%20therapy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “occupational therapy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occupational%20therapy.

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