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- verb transitive To characterize as a
pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Some experts worry that narrative enthusiasts, in their reluctance to "pathologize" people, will give their problems short shrift.
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This means that in order to account for funding possibilities, the only way presently open is to further pathologize one more human condition which simply and not, at times requires professional care.
Carol Smaldino: When Do We Get to Diagnose Our Own Society? Carol Smaldino 2012
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The proposed change would pathologize them for behavior previously thought to be normal.
Allen Frances: Don't Confuse Grief With Depression Allen Frances 2012
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And, in this day and age of pharmaceutical marketing, are some trying to pathologize and hence, capitalize on the sexual difficulties of some women?
Tamara McClintock Greenberg: Woman Behind Tamara McClintock Greenberg 2012
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This means that in order to account for funding possibilities, the only way presently open is to further pathologize one more human condition which simply and not, at times requires professional care.
Carol Smaldino: When Do We Get to Diagnose Our Own Society? Carol Smaldino 2012
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The proposed change would pathologize them for behavior previously thought to be normal.
Allen Frances: Don't Confuse Grief With Depression Allen Frances 2012
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They applaud the attempt to resolve certain problems with the current DSM, but are concerned that the proposed revisions will magnify existing tendencies to pathologize ordinary emotions and behavior, especially in certain vulnerable populations, such as the elderly, children and teens.
Kaitlin Bell Barnett: Revisions to Psychiatry's 'Bible' Have People Crying Overmedication -- But Don't Freak Out Just Yet Kaitlin Bell Barnett 2012
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The proposed change would pathologize them for behavior previously thought to be normal.
Allen Frances: Don't Confuse Grief With Depression Allen Frances 2012
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They applaud the attempt to resolve certain problems with the current DSM, but are concerned that the proposed revisions will magnify existing tendencies to pathologize ordinary emotions and behavior, especially in certain vulnerable populations, such as the elderly, children and teens.
Kaitlin Bell Barnett: Revisions to Psychiatry's 'Bible' Have People Crying Overmedication -- But Don't Freak Out Just Yet Kaitlin Bell Barnett 2012
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The proposed change would pathologize them for behavior previously thought to be normal.
Allen Frances: Don't Confuse Grief With Depression Allen Frances 2012
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