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depathologization

depathologization noun: the process of coming to regard a formerly medical condition as a health or behaviour condition.

Noun

depathologization (uncountable)

  1. The process of coming to regard a formerly medical condition as a health or behaviour condition.
    • Some trans activists critique depathologization. For example, we may argue that having a diagnosis has allowed many trans people to access medical transition. From this perspective, depathologization may inhibit health care access.2014, Laura Erickson-Schroth, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves

Forms of depathologization

alternative formdepathologisation

Origin of depathologization

From de- + pathologization.

Questions about depathologization

What does depathologization mean?
Depathologization means the process of coming to regard a formerly medical condition as a health or behaviour condition.
What part of speech is depathologization?
Depathologization is a noun.

Words near depathologization in the dictionary

  1. depasture
  2. depastured
  3. depastures
  4. depasturing
  5. depathologisation
  6. depathologization
  7. depathologize
  8. depathologized
  9. depathologizes
  10. depathologizing
  11. depatriarchalization

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