twelve stepn.

Brit.

/ˈtwɛlv ˌstɛp/, U.S.

/ˈtwɛlv ˈstɛp/

Forms: 1900s– Twelve Step, 1900s– twelve step, 1900s– 12 step.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: twelve adj., step n.¹

Etymology: < twelve adj. + step n.¹

In plural. The twelve stages of a programme designed by Alcoholics Anonymous to help people recover from alcoholism; (hence) twelve stages comprising any similar programme designed to help people recover from addiction or compulsive behaviour.

ΚΠ

1939 Alcoholics Anonymous vii. 108 He has read this volume and says he is prepared to go through with the twelve steps of The Program of Recovery.

1967 L. Meyer Off Sauce xviii. 164 Al-Anon groups..study the twelve steps and other A.A. principles.

1986 O. Clark Diary 9 Oct. (1998) 196 The NA method—12 steps. Ben explaining how Marianne six months cured.

1992 Harper's Mag. Jan. 4/3 The twelve steps begin with the acknowledgement of limits and gradually take a person to the making of a moral inventory..and contrition.

Compounds

attributive. Designating or relating to such a recovery programme.

ΚΠ

1946 E. A. Webster Twelve Steps 18 The founders of Alcoholics Anonymous..outlined a remedy in the form of a Twelve-Step Program.

1979 L. W. White in Jrnl. Transpersonal Psychol. 11 117 LSD psychotherapy..is described along with an analogy to the 12-step process used by Alcoholics Anonymous.

1987 M. Beattie Codependent No More i. ii. 24 Her husband joined Sex Addicts Anonymous; a Twelve Step self-help group similar to Alcoholics Anonymous.

2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 2 Nov. 72/1 Conventional anti-addiction techniques in this country are largely based on the Twelve-Step regime.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	twelve step
释义	twelve stepn. Brit. /ˈtwɛlv ˌstɛp/, U.S. /ˈtwɛlv ˈstɛp/ Forms: 1900s– Twelve Step, 1900s– twelve step, 1900s– 12 step. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: twelve adj., step n.¹ Etymology: < twelve adj. + step n.¹ In plural. The twelve stages of a programme designed by Alcoholics Anonymous to help people recover from alcoholism; (hence) twelve stages comprising any similar programme designed to help people recover from addiction or compulsive behaviour. ΚΠ 1939 Alcoholics Anonymous vii. 108 He has read this volume and says he is prepared to go through with the twelve steps of The Program of Recovery. 1967 L. Meyer Off Sauce xviii. 164 Al-Anon groups..study the twelve steps and other A.A. principles. 1986 O. Clark Diary 9 Oct. (1998) 196 The NA method—12 steps. Ben explaining how Marianne six months cured. 1992 Harper's Mag. Jan. 4/3 The twelve steps begin with the acknowledgement of limits and gradually take a person to the making of a moral inventory..and contrition. Compounds attributive. Designating or relating to such a recovery programme. ΚΠ 1946 E. A. Webster Twelve Steps 18 The founders of Alcoholics Anonymous..outlined a remedy in the form of a Twelve-Step Program. 1979 L. W. White in Jrnl. Transpersonal Psychol. 11 117 LSD psychotherapy..is described along with an analogy to the 12-step process used by Alcoholics Anonymous. 1987 M. Beattie Codependent No More i. ii. 24 Her husband joined Sex Addicts Anonymous; a Twelve Step self-help group similar to Alcoholics Anonymous. 2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 2 Nov. 72/1 Conventional anti-addiction techniques in this country are largely based on the Twelve-Step regime. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1939
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