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psychiatrizing

psychiatrizing is the present participle and gerund of psychiatrize.

Meaning of psychiatrize

Verb

psychiatrize (third-person singular simple present psychiatrizes, present participle psychiatrizing, simple past and past participle psychiatrized)

  1. (transitive) To make psychiatric; to bring into the realm of psychiatry.
    • On the other hand it is just as important not to psychiatrize youth as a whole, to avoid over-hasty interference that will run counter to the aim in view by 'freezing' or even preventing the progressive spontaneous process.1974, André Haïm, Adolescent suicide, page 48

Questions about psychiatrizing

What is psychiatrizing the present participle and gerund of?
Psychiatrizing is the present participle and gerund of psychiatrize.

Words near psychiatrizing in the dictionary

  1. psychiatrizable
  2. psychiatrization
  3. psychiatrize
  4. psychiatrized
  5. psychiatrizes
  6. psychiatrizing
  7. psychiatry
  8. psychic
  9. psychic bid
  10. psychic bids
  11. psychic death

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