psychologize

[ sahy-kol-uh-jahyz ]

verb (used without object)

, psy·chol·o·gized, psy·chol·o·giz·ing.

1. to make psychological investigations or speculations, especially those that are naive or uninformed.

psychologize

/ saɪˈkɒləˌdʒaɪz /

verb

1. to make interpretations of behaviour and mental processes
2. to carry out investigation in the field of psychology

Other Words From

• psy·cholo·gizer noun
• over·psy·cholo·gize verb overpsychologized overpsychologizing

Word History and Origins

Origin of psychologize¹

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

Example Sentences

Yet, however blithely he may psychologize these matters, he is wise enough to know that he is not a free man.

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One can only psychologize viciously on the difference in point of view between a full man and an empty one.

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I am outwardly calm, and too busy to psychologize much on the great end of this awful eternity.

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You can't psychologize it out of us, even if we admit that it is bad.

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