psychologize

[ sahy-kol-uh-jahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

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

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

psychologize

/ saɪˈkɒləˌdʒaɪz /

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

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

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

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

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

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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