reparative therapy

plural reparative therapies

1. countableuncountablepseudoscienceSynonym of conversion therapy.

   Reparative therapy is not a cure in the sense of erasing all homosexual feelings. It is however, a successful treatment strengthening masculine identification.

   1991, Joseph Nicolosi, “Reparative therapy of male homosexuality: A new clinical approach”, in Jason Aronson

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   Sheldon and about 70 supporters met all day at Sheraton Hotel here to map expansion of TVC's "reparative therapy for enslaved people afflicted with gender-identity conflict" and develop strategies to defeat initiatives that would classify gay "behavior" as a civil right.

   1990 February 4, John Zeh, “Hundreds Protest Homosexuality 'Summit'”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 1

   Synonyms: conversion therapy

2. countableuncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reparative, therapy.