psychologize

English

Alternative forms

• psychologise

Etymology

From psychology +‎ -ize.

Verb

psychologize (third-person singular simple present psychologizes, present participle psychologizing, simple past and past participle psychologized)

1. To interpret or analyze in psychological terms
   • 1988 January 8, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “10 From '87”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     The absence of psychologizing, as in Jon Jost's thematically similar and equally haunting Last Chants for a Slow Dance (1977), liberates the imagination in relation to Benning's beautifully composed images, and this respect for the viewer's intelligence pays off in highly charged dividends.

   • 2023, Jean-Luc Nancy, Derrida:

     Let it be clear, however, that we are not psychologizing here; rather we are presenting at most a characteriology of thought.

Derived terms

• psychologization

Translations

interpret or analyze in psychological terms

• Catalan: psicologitzar
• French: psychologiser (fr)
• Welsh: seicolegu