conversion therapy

English

Noun

conversion therapy (countable and uncountable, plural conversion therapies)

(LGBT, pseudoscience) The use of psychiatric or psychological treatment to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of a person; used especially as an attempt to heterosexualize gay people.

Synonyms

reparative therapy (more often used by supporters)
reorientation therapy
SOGICE

Translations

treatment

Chinese:
Mandarin: 扭轉治療／扭转治疗 (niǔzhuǎn zhìliáo)
Esperanto: konverta terapio, ripara terapio
Finnish: eheytyshoito (fi), eheytys (fi)
French: thérapie de conversion (fr) f, thérapie de réorientation sexuelle (fr) f, thérapie réparatrice (fr) f
Hebrew: טִפּוּל הֲמָרָה (he) m (tipúl hamará)
Spanish: terapia de conversión f

Anagrams

hyperconservation

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