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psychologise

psychologise is the alternative form of psychologize.

Meaning of psychologize

Verb

psychologize (third-person singular simple present psychologizes, present participle psychologizing, simple past and past participle psychologized)

  1. To interpret or analyze in psychological terms
    • The absence of psychologizing, as in Jon Jost's thematically similar and equally haunting Last Chants for a Slow Dance (1977), liberates the imagination in relation to Benning's beautifully composed images, and this respect for the viewer's intelligence pays off in highly charged dividends.1988 January 8, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “10 From '87”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of psychologise

third-person singular presentpsychologises
present participlepsychologising
past participlepsychologised
pastpsychologised

Questions about psychologise

What is psychologise the alternative form of?
Psychologise is the alternative form of psychologize.

Words near psychologise in the dictionary

  1. psychologicality
  2. psychologically
  3. psychologicalness
  4. psychologics
  5. psychologies
  6. psychologise
  7. psychologised
  8. psychologiser
  9. psychologises
  10. psychologising
  11. psychologism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: psychologise (page history and authors); psychologize (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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