depathologization

noun

The process of coming to regard a formerly medical condition as a health or behaviour condition.

OriginEnglish pathologization ← French pathologie ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) →
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Meanings

noundepathologization (uncountable)

alternative depathologisation

  1. uncountablemedicineThe process of coming to regard a formerly medical condition as a health or behaviour condition.

    Some trans activists critique depathologization. For example, we may argue that having a diagnosis has allowed many trans people to access medical transition. From this perspective, depathologization may inhibit health care access.

    2014, Laura Erickson-Schroth, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  8. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  11. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  12. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  13. Frenchpathologie
  14. Englishpathology
  15. Englishpathologize
  16. Englishpathologization
  17. Englishdepathologization

From de- + pathologization.

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APA

depathologization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depathologization

MLA

“depathologization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depathologization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depathologization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depathologization.

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