Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

psychiatrize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: psy-chi-a-trize
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make psychiatric; to bring into the realm of psychiatry.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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."
"The mediator may be tempted to: • Psychiatrize the parties, labelling them as mentally ill."

Etymology

From psychiatry + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: psychiatry

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

psychiatrizes (present, singular) psychiatrizing (participle, present) psychiatrized (participle, past) psychiatrized (past)

Derived Forms

psychiatrizable psychiatrization

Questions

What does psychiatrize mean?: To make psychiatric; to bring into the realm of psychiatry.
Where does psychiatrize come from?: From psychiatry + -ize.

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