pathologize

British  

/ pəˈθɒlə[dɡ]aɪz /

verb

1. to represent (something) as a disease

   this pathologizing of parenthood

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Example Sentences

But therapists shouldn’t pathologize polarization either.

From The Wall Street Journal

Therapists often pathologize politics, treating patients with particular viewpoints as abnormal or unhealthy.

From The Wall Street Journal

Therapists who pathologize politics teach patients to see their opponents not as neighbors but as diagnoses.

From The Wall Street Journal

Further, the main issue with money disruptions, according to Trauma of Money, is that they can pathologize the individual versus seeing the external factors that can cause them to behave in maladaptive ways with their finances.

From Salon

“For many folks, this is an important part of their identity that is already marginalized and unsupported, and that can be reinforced by pressures from the medical institution to pathologize it,” Seer told Salon in a phone interview.

From Salon