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psychologize

psychologize verb: to interpret or analyze in psychological terms.

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
    • Let it be clear, however, that we are not psychologizing here; rather we are presenting at most a characteriology of thought.2023, Jean-Luc Nancy, Derrida

psychologize meaning in Tamil

psychologize in Tamil

உறக்கமூட்டு

Forms of psychologize

third-person singular presentpsychologizes
present participlepsychologizing
past participlepsychologized
pastpsychologized
alternative formpsychologise

Origin of psychologize

From psychology + -ize.

Words formed from psychologize

Questions about psychologize

What does psychologize mean?
Psychologize means to interpret or analyze in psychological terms.
What is psychologize in Tamil?
Psychologize in Tamil is உறக்கமூட்டு. See Psychologize meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is psychologize?
Psychologize is a verb.
What is the past tense of psychologize?
The past tense of psychologize is psychologized.

Words near psychologize in the dictionary

  1. psychologistically
  2. psychologistlike
  3. psychologists
  4. psychologization
  5. psychologizations
  6. psychologize
  7. psychologized
  8. psychologizer
  9. psychologizes
  10. psychologizing
  11. psychologizings

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