neuroticize

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verb

To make neurotic; to convert into a neurosis.

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Meanings

verbneuroticize (third-person singular simple present neuroticizes, present participle neuroticizing, simple past and past participle neuroticized)

present singular third person neuroticizes · participle present neuroticizing · participle past neuroticized · past neuroticized

  1. transitiveTo make neurotic; to convert into a neurosis.

    Her affects are never neuroticized, as her tics are never mannerized.

    1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Origin

From neurotic + -ize.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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