psychologizing
psychologizing is the present participle and gerund of psychologize.
Meaning of psychologize
Verb
psychologize (third-person singular simple present psychologizes, present participle psychologizing, simple past and past participle psychologized)
- 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
Noun
psychologizing (countable and uncountable, plural psychologizings)
- Psychological analysis or interpretation.
- The Icelander must tell his story in haste; the deeds of men are his care, not their divagations nor their psychologizings.1901, Conrad Hjalmar Nordby, The influence of old Norse literature upon English literature, page 63
Forms of psychologizing
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Questions about psychologizing
- What does psychologizing mean?
- Psychologizing means psychological analysis or interpretation.
- What is psychologizing the present participle and gerund of?
- Psychologizing is the present participle and gerund of psychologize.
- What part of speech is psychologizing?
- Psychologizing is a noun.
- What is the plural of psychologizing?
- The plural of psychologizing is psychologizings.
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