Pathologize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease. transitive

    "Near-synonym: medicalize"

Synonyms

All synonyms
medicalize

Example

More examples

"Some childhood behavior has been pathologized as attention-deficit disorder."

Etymology

From pathology + -ize.

More for "pathologize"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.