English Explanatory Dictionary

special treatment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of exceptional handling or care that differs from the standard, often implying favoritism.
  2. Mass murder that was carried out by Nazi functionaries and the SS.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see special, treatment.

Word forms

special treatment special treatments

Etymology

The second sense is a calque of German Sonderbehandlung.

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