Meanings
verbtherapeuticize (third-person singular simple present therapeuticizes, present participle therapeuticizing, simple past and past participle therapeuticized)
present singular third person therapeuticizes · participle present therapeuticizing · participle past therapeuticized · past therapeuticized
- transitiveTo make therapeutic; to bring into the realm of therapy.
Most of the characters might be in need of therapy, but Mr. Roos’s screenplay has already been therapeuticized, with every angle, emotion, feeling spelled out.
2009 September 17, Manohla Dargis, “Watching a Nation Fall Apart, Entertainingly”, in New York Times
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therapeuticize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/therapeuticize
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“therapeuticize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/therapeuticize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “therapeuticize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/therapeuticize.
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