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(transitive) To characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease.

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pathologize

Source Word

pathologize

Verb

transitive

(transitive) To characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease.

Japanese Meaning

病気として特徴づける / 病態として扱う / 病的な状態と見なす

It's unfair to pathologize normal variations in behavior simply because they differ from the norm.

単に標準と異なるという理由で、行動の通常の変異を病気扱いするのは不当だ。

Sense（1）

(transitive) To characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease.

Some childhood behavior has been pathologized as attention-deficit disorder.

pathologizes

（ present singular third-person ）

pathologizing

（ participle present ）

pathologized

（ participle past ）

pathologized

（ past ）