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Catchword for “therapism”
Catchword: therapism
Filed Under: ,
Part of Speech: n.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: Therapism is an overvaulation of feeling. In a real sense, it is a tyranny of feelings where women have come to believe that what realy counts in their life is their “psychology.”…We might say that therapism promotes a psychological hypochondria with women as the major seekers of emotional health.
Author:
Janice G. Raymond
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
A Passion for Friends
Date of Publication:
1986
Page Number:
155-56
Originally published in:
Original Author:
Donald J. Greiner
Original Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Women Without Men
Original Date Published:
May 1, 1993
Original Page Number: 112
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