pathy

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noun

A therapy

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Meanings

nounpathy (plural pathies)

plural pathies

  1. informalA therapy

    So, no doubt, it may be applied to hydropathy, and to every other sort of pathy, and the result will be that every sort of pathy cures not all persons, but many persons...

    1849, “The Water-Cure”, in Journal of Health, page 230

Origin

From the suffix -pathy.

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Cite this entry
APA

pathy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pathy

MLA

“pathy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pathy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pathy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pathy.

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