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neuroticize

neuroticize verb: to make neurotic; to convert into a neurosis.

Verb

neuroticize (third-person singular simple present neuroticizes, present participle neuroticizing, simple past and past participle neuroticized)

  1. (transitive) To make neurotic; to convert into a neurosis.
    • Her affects are never neuroticized, as her tics are never mannerized.1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Forms of neuroticize

third-person singular presentneuroticizes
present participleneuroticizing
past participleneuroticized
pastneuroticized

Origin of neuroticize

From neurotic + -ize.

Questions about neuroticize

What does neuroticize mean?
Neuroticize means to make neurotic; to convert into a neurosis.
What part of speech is neuroticize?
Neuroticize is a verb.
What is the past tense of neuroticize?
The past tense of neuroticize is neuroticized.

Words near neuroticize in the dictionary

  1. neurotically
  2. neuroticism
  3. neuroticisms
  4. neuroticistic
  5. neuroticization
  6. neuroticize
  7. neuroticized
  8. neuroticizes
  9. neuroticizing
  10. neurotics
  11. neurotization

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