Korean mental hospitals have been compared to concentration camps. Patients are said to be treated like animals who are subjected to violence and maltreatment rather than therapy.
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Maltreatment
//malˈtɹit.mɛnt//
Synonyms for "maltreatment" (19 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (9)
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5 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- малтретиране noun (cruel or harmful treatment)
Czech
1 entries- týrání noun (cruel or harmful treatment)
Dutch
1 entries- mishandeling noun (cruel or harmful treatment)
French
2 entries- maltraitement noun (cruel or harmful treatment)
- sévice noun (cruel or harmful treatment)
German
1 entries- Misshandlung noun (cruel or harmful treatment)
Italian
1 entries- maltrattamento noun (cruel or harmful treatment)
Japanese
3 entries- 冷遇 noun (cruel or harmful treatment)
- 差別 noun (cruel or harmful treatment)
- 虐待 noun (cruel or harmful treatment)
Latin
1 entries- contumēlia noun (cruel or harmful treatment)
Māori
2 entries- rurerurenga noun (cruel or harmful treatment)
- tūkinonga noun (cruel or harmful treatment)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- mishandling noun (cruel or harmful treatment)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- mishandling noun (cruel or harmful treatment)
Spanish
2 entries- maltratamiento noun (cruel or harmful treatment)
- maltrato noun (cruel or harmful treatment)
Swedish
1 entries- vanvård noun (cruel or harmful treatment)
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