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psychotherapeutic

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: S AY2 K OW0 TH EH2 R AH0 P Y UW1 T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to psychotherapeutics (psychotherapy)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Cathartic

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to or practicing psychotherapy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • psychotherapeutic sessions

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4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

emotionally purging

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cathartic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- English therapeutic English psychotherapeutic From psycho- + therapeutic.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: sicoterapéuticu — of or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • Belarusian: псіхатэрапеўты́чны (psixaterapjewtýčny) — of or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • Bulgarian: психотерапевтичен (psihoterapevtičen) — of or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • Catalan: psicoterapèutic — of or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • Czech: psychoterapeutický — of or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • Danish: psykoterapeutisk — of or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • Dutch: psychotherapeutisch — of or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • Estonian: psühhoterapeutiline — of or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • French: psychothérapeutique — of or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • Galician: psicoterapéutico — of or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • German: psychotherapeutisch — of or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • Greek: ψυχοθεραπευτικός (psychotherapeftikós) — of or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • Hungarian: pszichoterápiás — of or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • Italian: psicoterapeutico — of or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • Latvian: psihoterapeitisks — of or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • Latvian: psihoterapeutisks — of or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • Polish: psychoterapeutyczny — of or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • Russian: псѝхотерапевти́ческий (psìxoterapevtíčeskij) — of or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • Spanish: psicoterapéutico — of or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • Swedish: psykoterapeutisk — of or pertaining to psychotherapy
  • Ukrainian: психотерапевти́чний (psyxoterapevtýčnyj) — of or pertaining to psychotherapy