Near-synonym: medicalize
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Pathologize
Synonyms for "pathologize" (1 found)
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Verb(1 words)
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7 translations across 7 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 病理化 verb (to characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease)
Danish
1 entries- sygeliggøre verb (to characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease)
French
1 entries- pathologiser verb (to characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease)
German
1 entries- pathologisieren verb (to characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease)
Hungarian
1 entries- patologizál verb (to characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease)
Portuguese
1 entries- patologizar verb (to characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease)
Spanish
1 entries- patologizar verb (to characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease)
Sample sentences
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Some childhood behavior has been pathologized as attention-deficit disorder.
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Many pain patients have had doctors who pathologized them, told them their pain was unreal.
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To pathologize China's industries as corrupt not only reeks of centuries-old Yellow Peril rhetoric but also fails to acknowledge the shortcomings of transnational regulations.
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