pathologise

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A form of pathologize — To characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease.

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Meanings

verbpathologise (third-person singular simple present pathologises, present participle pathologising, simple past and past participle pathologised)

present singular third person pathologises · participle present pathologising · participle past pathologised · past pathologised

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of pathologize.

    […] a wider professional complacency about these interventions has encouraged women to see such adjustments as worthwhile, as opposed to what they usually are: an astonishing, almost comically cynical pathologising of the healthy.

    2009 January 18, Catherine Bennett, “The beauty industry is at it again ... it's not a pretty sight”, The Observer, in The Guardian
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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