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bibliotherapy

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A nonpharmacological therapy using reading materials to meet people’s therapeutic or developmental needs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English biblio- Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.? Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek θεραπεύω (therapeúō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)bor. New Latin therapīabor. English therapy English bibliotherapy From biblio- + therapy.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 書目療法 /书目疗法 — form of therapy
  • Finnish: kirjallisuusterapia — form of therapy
  • French: bibliothérapie — form of therapy
  • Greek: βιβλιοθεραπεία (vivliotherapeía) — form of therapy
  • Ido: biblioterapio — form of therapy
  • Polish: biblioterapia — form of therapy
  • Portuguese: biblioterapia — form of therapy