psychiatrize

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verb

To make psychiatric; to bring into the realm of psychiatry.

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Meanings

verbpsychiatrize (third-person singular simple present psychiatrizes, present participle psychiatrizing, simple past and past participle psychiatrized)

present singular third person psychiatrizes · participle present psychiatrizing · participle past psychiatrized · past psychiatrized

  1. transitiveTo make psychiatric; to bring into the realm of psychiatry.

    The mediator may be tempted to: • Psychiatrize the parties, labelling them as mentally ill.

    2007, Charles Webel, Johan Galtung, Handbook of peace and conflict studies, page 61
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    On the other hand it is just as important not to psychiatrize youth as a whole, to avoid over-hasty interference that will run counter to the aim in view by 'freezing' or even preventing the progressive spontaneous process.

    1974, André Haïm, Adolescent suicide, page 48

Origin

From psychiatry + -ize.

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APA

psychiatrize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychiatrize

MLA

“psychiatrize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychiatrize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psychiatrize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychiatrize.

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