Meanings
verboverpathologize (third-person singular simple present overpathologizes, present participle overpathologizing, simple past and past participle overpathologized)
present singular third person overpathologizes · participle present overpathologizing · participle past overpathologized · past overpathologized
- transitiveTo pathologize excessively.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
- Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Frenchpathologie
- Englishpathology
- Englishpathologize
- Englishoverpathologize
From over- + pathologize.
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APA
overpathologize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overpathologize
MLA
“overpathologize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overpathologize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overpathologize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overpathologize.
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