psychiatrize en · VERB
Etymology
From psychiatry + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To make psychiatric; to bring into the realm of psychiatry.
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: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| psychiatrizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| psychiatrizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| psychiatrized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| psychiatrized | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
psychiatrization · psychiatrizable