psychologize

psy·chol·o·gize

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sahy-kol-uh-jahyz]
- /saɪˈkɒl əˌdʒaɪz/
- /saɪkˈɒlədʒˌaɪz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sahy-kol-uh-jahyz]
- /saɪˈkɒl əˌdʒaɪz/

Definitions of psychologize word

verb without object psychologize to make psychological investigations or speculations, especially those that are naive or uninformed. 1
verb psychologize to make interpretations of behaviour and mental processes 0
verb psychologize to carry out investigation in the field of psychology 0
intransitive verb psychologize to reason or theorize psychologically 0
verb transitive psychologize to analyze psychologically 0

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Origin of psychologize

First appearance:

before 1820

One of the 38% newest English words

First recorded in 1820-30; psycholog(y) + -ize

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Parts of speech for Psychologize

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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psychologize popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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