pathologize
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Bernstein is reluctant to pathologize either of her twisted subjects.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Intersex is the term that we prefer as a community because it doesn't pathologize us, it doesn't refer to us as a problem.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2023
Other experts, however, worry that this diagnosis may pathologize those who have lived through the murder of a loved one, because a long trajectory of grief is common—not necessarily disordered—after this kind of traumatic loss.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2023
Not to pathologize being alone; I love it and often prefer it.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2023
Many hackers have noticed that mainstream culture has shown a tendency to pathologize and medicalize normal variations in personality, especially those variations that make life more complicated for authority figures and conformists.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
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