psychotherapeutic

adjective

Of or pertaining to psychotherapeutics (psychotherapy)

Similar
cathartichealthful
OriginEnglish therapeutic ← Middle English terapeucia ← New Latin therapeuticus →
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Meanings

adjectivepsychotherapeutic (comparative more psychotherapeutic, superlative most psychotherapeutic)

comparative more psychotherapeutic · superlative most psychotherapeutic

  1. Of or pertaining to psychotherapeutics (psychotherapy)
  2. Cathartic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveemotionally purging

Similar
cathartichealthful
Also see
cathartichealthful

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
  2. Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
  3. Englishpsycho-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*treb-der.?
  5. Ancient Greekθερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
  6. Ancient Greekθεραπεύω (therapeúō)
  7. Ancient Greekθερᾰπευτής (therăpeutḗs)
  8. Ancient Greekθεραπευτικός (therapeutikós)
  9. New Latintherapeuticus
  10. Middle Englishterapeucia
  11. Englishtherapeutic
  12. Englishpsychotherapeutic

From psycho- + therapeutic.

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Translations

Bulgarian психотерапевтичен
  • психотерапевтичен (psihoterapevtičen)of or pertaining to psychotherapy
Catalan psicoterapèutic
  • psicoterapèuticof or pertaining to psychotherapy
Czech psychoterapeutický
  • psychoterapeutickýof or pertaining to psychotherapy
Danish psykoterapeutisk
  • psykoterapeutiskof or pertaining to psychotherapy
Dutch psychotherapeutisch
  • psychotherapeutischof or pertaining to psychotherapy
Estonian psühhoterapeutiline
  • psühhoterapeutilineof or pertaining to psychotherapy
French psychothérapeutique
  • psychothérapeutiqueof or pertaining to psychotherapy
German psychotherapeutisch
  • psychotherapeutischof or pertaining to psychotherapy
Greek ψυχοθεραπευτικός
  • ψυχοθεραπευτικός (psychotherapeftikós)of or pertaining to psychotherapy
Hungarian pszichoterápiás
  • pszichoterápiásof or pertaining to psychotherapy
Italian psicoterapeutico
  • psicoterapeuticoof or pertaining to psychotherapy
Latvian psihoterapeitisks, psihoterapeutisks
  • psihoterapeitisksof or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • psihoterapeutisksof or pertaining to psychotherapy
Polish psychoterapeutyczny
  • psychoterapeutycznyof or pertaining to psychotherapy
Russian псѝхотерапевти́ческий
  • псѝхотерапевти́ческий (psìxoterapevtíčeskij)of or pertaining to psychotherapy
Spanish psicoterapéutico
  • psicoterapéuticoof or pertaining to psychotherapy
Swedish psykoterapeutisk
  • psykoterapeutiskof or pertaining to psychotherapy
Ukrainian психотерапевти́чний
  • психотерапевти́чний (psyxoterapevtýčnyj)of or pertaining to psychotherapy
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“psychotherapeutic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychotherapeutic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psychotherapeutic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychotherapeutic.

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