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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A form of psychotherapy in which the therapist actively assumes the role of a new or surrogate parental figure for the client, in order to treat psychological disturbances caused by defective or abusive parenting. New-Age, uncountable

   "The way you talk to yourself is a good way to discern if reparenting might be useful to you, he said."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of reparent form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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"The way you talk to yourself is a good way to discern if reparenting might be useful to you, he said."

Etymology

From re- + parenting.

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