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therapeuticizing

therapeuticizing is the present participle and gerund of therapeuticize.

Meaning of therapeuticize

Verb

therapeuticize (third-person singular simple present therapeuticizes, present participle therapeuticizing, simple past and past participle therapeuticized)

  1. (transitive) To make therapeutic; to bring into the realm of therapy.
    • Most of the characters might be in need of therapy, but Mr. Roos’s screenplay has already been therapeuticized, with every angle, emotion, feeling spelled out.2009 September 17, Manohla Dargis, “Watching a Nation Fall Apart, Entertainingly”, in New York Times

Questions about therapeuticizing

What is therapeuticizing the present participle and gerund of?
Therapeuticizing is the present participle and gerund of therapeuticize.

Words near therapeuticizing in the dictionary

  1. therapeutically
  2. therapeuticals
  3. therapeuticize
  4. therapeuticized
  5. therapeuticizes
  6. therapeuticizing
  7. therapeutick
  8. therapeutics
  9. therapeutism
  10. therapeutist
  11. therapeutists

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