Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conversion therapy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables
con-ver-sion ther-a-py
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The practice of psychiatric or psychological treatment to attempt to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of an LGBT person; used especially as an attempt to turn gay people heterosexual.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

conversion therapies (plural)

Synonyms

ex-gay therapy gender identity change efforts GICE reorientation therapy reparative therapy reparative psychotherapy sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts sexual orientation change efforts SOCE SOGICE

Questions

What does conversion therapy mean?
The practice of psychiatric or psychological treatment to attempt to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of an LGBT person; used especially as an attempt to turn gay people heterosexual.

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