purple hat therapies

A form of purple hat therapy — Any medical practice in which an established form of therapy is combined with an unlikely new addition and is then claimed to be effective because of the new addition, when in fact the effectiveness is due to the established component.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of purple hat therapy.
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