单词 | nouthetic |
释义 | noutheticadj. Chiefly U.S. Designating a type of counselling in use among certain Christian groups, in which subjects are instructed to amend sinful behaviour and attitudes in accordance with biblical doctrine; (also, of a person) practising such counselling. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [adjective] > as a professional consulting1801 nouthetic1970 1970 J. E. Adams Competent to Counsel iv. 48 In nouthetic counseling the stress falls upon the ‘what’ rather than the ‘why’. 1977 ODIY Nov. 7/1 Should, in a case like this, the counsellor pretend to share the speaker's assumptions? Should he reprove the sinful attitudes, as ‘nouthetic’ counsellors are urged to do? 1996 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 10 Aug. 3 b He is a biblical counseling fellow with the National Association of Nouthetic Counsellors. 1999 Chicago Citizen (Electronic ed.) 28 Jan. These people can only be saved through counseling and through the scripture, said Hines. ‘We began to bathe these women in prayer.’ This method of counseling is called nouthetic. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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