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PRONUNCIATION OF PATHOLOGIZE

pathologize  [pəˈθɒlə[dɡ]aɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PATHOLOGIZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pathologize is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb pathologize in English.

WHAT DOES PATHOLOGIZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Medicalization

Medicalization is the process by which human conditions and problems come to be defined and treated as medical conditions, and thus become the subject of medical study, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment. Medicalization can be driven by new evidence or hypotheses about conditions; by changing social attitudes or economic considerations; or by the development of new medications or treatments. Medicalization is studied from a sociologic perspective in terms of the role and power of professionals, patients, and corporations, and also for its implications for ordinary people whose self-identity and life decisions may depend on the prevailing concepts of health and illness. Once a condition is classified as medical, a medical model of disability tends to be used in place of a social model. Medicalization may also be termed "pathologization" or "disease mongering".

Definition of pathologize in the English dictionary

The definition of pathologize in the dictionary is to represent as a disease.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PATHOLOGIZE

PRESENT

Present
I pathologize
you pathologize
he/she/it pathologizes
we pathologize
you pathologize
they pathologize
Present continuous
I am pathologizing
you are pathologizing
he/she/it is pathologizing
we are pathologizing
you are pathologizing
they are pathologizing
Present perfect
I have pathologized
you have pathologized
he/she/it has pathologized
we have pathologized
you have pathologized
they have pathologized
Present perfect continuous
I have been pathologizing
you have been pathologizing
he/she/it has been pathologizing
we have been pathologizing
you have been pathologizing
they have been pathologizing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I pathologized
you pathologized
he/she/it pathologized
we pathologized
you pathologized
they pathologized
Past continuous
I was pathologizing
you were pathologizing
he/she/it was pathologizing
we were pathologizing
you were pathologizing
they were pathologizing
Past perfect
I had pathologized
you had pathologized
he/she/it had pathologized
we had pathologized
you had pathologized
they had pathologized
Past perfect continuous
I had been pathologizing
you had been pathologizing
he/she/it had been pathologizing
we had been pathologizing
you had been pathologizing
they had been pathologizing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will pathologize
you will pathologize
he/she/it will pathologize
we will pathologize
you will pathologize
they will pathologize
Future continuous
I will be pathologizing
you will be pathologizing
he/she/it will be pathologizing
we will be pathologizing
you will be pathologizing
they will be pathologizing
Future perfect
I will have pathologized
you will have pathologized
he/she/it will have pathologized
we will have pathologized
you will have pathologized
they will have pathologized
Future perfect continuous
I will have been pathologizing
you will have been pathologizing
he/she/it will have been pathologizing
we will have been pathologizing
you will have been pathologizing
they will have been pathologizing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would pathologize
you would pathologize
he/she/it would pathologize
we would pathologize
you would pathologize
they would pathologize
Conditional continuous
I would be pathologizing
you would be pathologizing
he/she/it would be pathologizing
we would be pathologizing
you would be pathologizing
they would be pathologizing
Conditional perfect
I would have pathologize
you would have pathologize
he/she/it would have pathologize
we would have pathologize
you would have pathologize
they would have pathologize
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been pathologizing
you would have been pathologizing
he/she/it would have been pathologizing
we would have been pathologizing
you would have been pathologizing
they would have been pathologizing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you pathologize
we let´s pathologize
you pathologize
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to pathologize
Past participle
pathologized
Present Participle
pathologizing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PATHOLOGIZE


advertise
ˈædvəˌtaɪz
analyse
ˈænəˌlaɪz
customize
ˈkʌstəˌmaɪz
enterprise
ˈɛntəˌpraɪz
exercise
ˈɛksəˌsaɪz
eyes
aɪz
full-size
ˌfʊlˈsaɪz
organize
ˈɔːɡəˌnaɪz
otherwise
ˈʌðəˌwaɪz
pathologise
pəˈθɒləarray(dɡ)aɪz
prize
praɪz
realize
ˈrɪəˌlaɪz
recognize
ˈrɛkəɡˌnaɪz
resize
ˌriːˈsaɪz
rise
raɪz
size
saɪz
sunrise
ˈsʌnˌraɪz
supplies
səˈplaɪz
surprise
səˈpraɪz
wise
waɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PATHOLOGIZE

pathogenesis
pathogenetic
pathogenic
pathogenicity
pathogenous
pathogeny
pathognomonic
pathognomonically
pathognomy
pathography
pathologic
pathological
pathologically
pathologies
pathologise
pathologist
pathology
pathophobia
pathophysiology
pathos

WORDS THAT END LIKE PATHOLOGIZE

analogize
anthologize
apologize
catalogize
demythologize
energize
entomologize
epilogize
etymologize
eulogize
geologize
mineralogize
mythologize
paralogize
phrenologize
prologize
psychologize
syllogize
tautologize
technologize
theologize

Synonyms and antonyms of pathologize in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pathologize» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PATHOLOGIZE

Find out the translation of pathologize to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pathologize from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pathologize» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

病态
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

patologizar
570 millions of speakers

English

pathologize
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pathologize
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pathologize
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

патологизировать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

patologizar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pathologize
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pathologiser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Patologi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pathologisieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

病的
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pathologize
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pathologize
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pathologize
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pathologize
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅथॉलॉजीझ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

patolojikleştirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

patologizzare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

patologiczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

патологізіровать
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

patologizam
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pathologize
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pathologize
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sjuk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pathologize
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pathologize

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PATHOLOGIZE»

The term «pathologize» is normally little used and occupies the 133.649 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PATHOLOGIZE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pathologize

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PATHOLOGIZE»

Discover the use of pathologize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pathologize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Current Societal Concerns about Justice
We Normalize Behavior Congruent with Self-Interest and Pathologize Behavior Incongruent with Self-Interest Rhetoric and public discourse linking self-interest with rationality serves to normalize self-interested behavior and pathologize ...
Leo Montada, Melvin J. Lerner, 1996
2
Spirituality in Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Integrative ...
Pathologize. Needs,". Needs. Just. Are. The important thing is that clients become aware of their needs and how they are trying to get their needs met. If they are unaware of their needs or vilify them, the needs will still attempt to seek ...
Rick Johnson, 2013
3
A Community Spirit of Caring Begins with You
Pathologize. Society. Another creative action project has to do with the field of mental health. Our Community Behavioral Health Group is composed of mental health practitioners and lay people. The goal is simple to articulate, but far more ...
Jan Roberts, 2001
4
Playing the Race Card: Exposing White Power and Privilege
For instance, psychiatric and other healthcare clinicians tend to pathologize cultural differences while labeling ethno- racial minorities with the more severe psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia.42 A prime example of this tendency to ...
George Jerry Sefa Dei, Leeno Luke Karumanchery, Nisha Karumanchery, 2004
5
Researching Resilience
Researching Resilience challenges this tendency to pathologize youth, and marks a profound shift in research methods from the study of disorder to the study of well-being.
Michael Ungar, Linda Liebenberg, 2009
6
Homosexuality and Psychoanalysis
In fact, today we are more likely to turn the tables and pathologize not the deviant practice, but any extreme attitude of disgust toward it. Like Hamlet's lady, the disgusted are thought to protest too much. Again, this change derives especially  ...
Tim Dean, Christopher Lane, 2001
7
Understanding Asexuality
Similarly, it does not make sense to pathologize asexual people, who by their natures lack sexual interest and attraction, for not engaging in sex with others. But how about other (nonsexual) aspects of interpersonal relations— do asexual  ...
Anthony F. Bogaert, 2012
8
The Adolescent in Family Therapy, Second Edition: Harnessing ...
Labels such as these become problematic only when they are used to pathologize individuals and imply that the problem is “owned” by a single person rather than by the whole family. They are also problematic when they are viewed as the ...
Joseph A. Micucci, 2009
9
Endings and Beginnings: On Terminating Psychotherapy and ...
®pathologize ̄. phenomena they wantto highlight for the patient. Ageneral tendency (perhaps another instance ofthe analyst«stransference to thepatient) seems tobe to emphasize what is wrong with an experience and to ignorewhat isright.
Herbert J. Schlesinger, 2013
10
Psychosocial Treatment for Medical Conditions: Principles ...
®pathologize ̄. their patients« views. Informing patientsof a fatal illness is particularly difficult for many doctors. Inpart this reflects, on a more unconscious level,a wayfor the doctorto shieldhim orherself fromany distress. The difficulties doctors ...
Leon A. Schein, Harold S. Bernard, Henry I. Spitz, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PATHOLOGIZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pathologize is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mental Illness, Societal Oppression, and My Rebuttal to Bruce Levine
He is right to question the efforts by many in the medical sciences to pathologize mental illness and define it primarily as a biological problem. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Marc Maron on Interviewing Obama, Dead Trolls and the …
It's hard for me to pathologize based on my experience. My idea of a standup comic's pain and darkness being where comedy comes from was ... «Westword, Jul 15»
3
What Happened, Miss Simone? : Liz Garbus' documentary in review
But it's not a given that everyone will do that and sections of the film depict an abusive relationship in ways that pathologize Simone and her ... «OUPblog, Jul 15»
4
10 Incredible Sex Tips for People Who Have Been Given Terrible …
These diagnoses are attempts to pathologize diversity and standardize sexual functioning. Most issues are due to social reactions and ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
5
Op-ed: How LGBT Liberation Connects to the Oldest Profession
In the 19th century sex workers and lesbians, both socially marginalized groups, banded together as the world began to pathologize them as ... «Advocate.com, Jul 15»
6
Discover Important Queer Fiction (With Wieners)
... between gay and straight, and terms like "homosexual" and "heterosexual" emerged to pathologize one type of love and legitimize another. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
7
'Big Bang Theory' Characters: Is Sheldon Cooper Autistic? His On …
However, Bialik wants people to remember that they do not pathologize their characters, nor do they talk about medicating or changing them. «Christianity Daily, Jul 15»
8
Religious Trauma Syndrome: How some organized religion leads to …
Some people say that terms like “recovery from religion” and “religious trauma syndrome” are just atheist attempts to pathologize religious ... «Raw Story, Jul 15»
9
Why the Shades of Awakening Online Series Matters
... all-encompassing model of the psyche, with tremendous space for many anomalous experiences that psychiatry would simply pathologize. «Mad In America, Jul 15»
10
The social construction of race
One item of continuity between these different eras is the pervasive attempt to pathologize people of African descent. Even Barack Obama has ... «Socialist Worker Online, Jun 15»

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