Meanings
verbtherapize (third-person singular simple present therapizes, present participle therapizing, simple past and past participle therapized)
present singular third person therapizes · participle present therapizing · participle past therapized · past therapized · alternative therapise
- transitiveTo subject (someone) to therapy, especially to psychotherapy.
"Dora, I'm sayin' this with all the love in my heart: you are not a therapist. Do not attempt to therapize your employees."
2023, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 5178: Stolen Valor
Origin
Translations
Finnish terapoida
- terapoidasubject to therapy
German therapieren
- therapierensubject to therapy
Polish terapeutyzować
- terapeutyzowaćsubject to therapy
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APA
therapize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/therapize
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “therapize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/therapize.
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