treatment English · revision 3255

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1560}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈtriːt.mənt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|en|treat|-ment]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Conduct or behaviour toward someone or something: about 1560^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) or the 1560s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Entertainment or a banquet, like the noun [[treat]], is from before 1656 and now obsolete.^(OED 1989) In medicine, the management and application of remedies, it is from 1744.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Exposure to a chemical agent is from 1828,^(OED 1989) and the manner of dealing with a subject in literature or art from 1856.^(OED 1989) In film a ''treatment'' is a preparatory version of a screenplay, from 1928,^(OED 1989) and ''the full treatment'', the most elaborate handling, is from 1950.^(OED 1989) Negotiation over terms, from 1828, is rare.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1560 – conduct towards someone.^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1656 – entertainment (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1744 – medical treatment.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1828 – chemical treatment.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1856 – treatment of a subject in art.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1928 – a film treatment.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1950 – ''the full treatment''.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The way in which someone or something is dealt with or behaved towards.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # Medical care given to a patient or for an illness or injury; [[therapy]].^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # A substance or process used to treat something.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # The way a subject is handled in a work of art or [[literature]].^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # ''(film)'' An early outline of a [[screenplay]].^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[self-treatment]]

+ * [[nontreatment]]

+ * [[overtreatment]]

+ * [[posttreatment]]

+ * [[silent treatment]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[treat]]

+ * [[treatise]]

+ * [[treaty]]

+ * [[maltreatment]]

+ * [[mistreatment]]

+ * [[tract]]

+ * [[trait]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}