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catastrophisation

catastrophisation is the alternative form of catastrophization.

Meaning of catastrophization

Noun

catastrophization (usually uncountable, plural catastrophizations)

  1. (usually) The act or process of catastrophizing.
    • Paul tries to lead us out of the catastrophization of childhood but too often plays right into it.2008 April 6, Kate Zernike, “Pamperers”, in New York Times

Forms of catastrophisation

pluralcatastrophisations

Origin of catastrophisation

From catastrophise + -ation.

Questions about catastrophisation

What is catastrophisation the alternative form of?
Catastrophisation is the alternative form of catastrophization.

Words near catastrophisation in the dictionary

  1. catastrophic moults
  2. catastrophical
  3. catastrophically
  4. catastrophin
  5. catastrophins
  6. catastrophisation
  7. catastrophise
  8. catastrophised
  9. catastrophiser
  10. catastrophisers
  11. catastrophises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: catastrophisation (page history and authors); catastrophization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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