Pathologize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease. transitive
"Near-synonym: medicalize"
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More examples"Some childhood behavior has been pathologized as attention-deficit disorder."
Etymology
From pathology + -ize.