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Term: Psychologizing

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition: The act of interpreting or explaining a person's thoughts, feelings, or behavior based on psychological principles or theories.

Sense 1: Applying psychological concepts to analyze and understand someone's mental processes and behaviors.

Example Sentence 1: The therapist was skilled at psychologizing her client's underlying motivations and fears.

Example Sentence 2: You cannot simply psychologize someone's actions without considering their social and cultural context.

Sense 2: Making assumptions or generalizations about a person's state of mind or emotional state.

Example Sentence 1: It's not fair to psychologize a person's behavior without knowing the full story.

Example Sentence 2: Mark's constant psychologizing of others often leads to misunderstandings and misinterpretations.

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: The act or practice of analyzing human thoughts, emotions, and behavior through psychological perspectives.

Sense 1: The study or application of psychological theories to interpret human behavior.

Example Sentence 1: Psychologizing is an essential skill for therapists and counselors in understanding their clients.

Example Sentence 2: The professor's psychologizing of literature provided a unique and insightful perspective.

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition: Describing actions, approaches, or techniques that involve psychological analysis or interpretation.

Sense 1: Focused on or related to the interpretation of human thoughts, feelings, or behavior.

Example Sentence 1: The book offers a psychologizing approach to understanding the characters' decisions and motivations.

Example Sentence 2: The article takes a psychologizing viewpoint to explain the rise in social media addiction.

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