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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
pathologise .
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Examples
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It not only pathologises these partners but also implies that autistics are inherently emotionally abusive.
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The way in which this 'finding' about diagnostic patterns has been reported stigmatises and pathologises African Caribbean communities as being inherently flawed in some way that generates 'mental illness' - a throwback to the discredited Moynihan report in the US, which stated in 1965 that the African American family was a 'tangle of pathology'.
Fighting Monsters 2010
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The way in which this 'finding' about diagnostic patterns has been reported stigmatises and pathologises African Caribbean communities as being inherently flawed in some way that generates 'mental illness' - a throwback to the discredited Moynihan report in the US, which stated in 1965 that the African American family was a 'tangle of pathology'.
British Blogs 2010
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The way in which this 'finding' about diagnostic patterns has been reported stigmatises and pathologises African Caribbean communities as being inherently flawed in some way that generates 'mental illness' - a throwback to the discredited Moynihan report in the US, which stated in 1965 that the African American family was a 'tangle of pathology'.
British Blogs 2010
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Campaigners argue that the research used by the government stigmatises and pathologises African Caribbeans because it gives the impression that, as a group, they are predisposed to serious mental illness - something the BNP eagerly jumped on.
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Campaigners argue that the research used by the government stigmatises and pathologises African Caribbeans because it gives the impression that, as a group, they are predisposed to serious mental illness - something the BNP eagerly jumped on.
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Researchers say such treatment pathologises homosexuality
a bit of bonhomie 2009
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Researchers say such treatment pathologises homosexuality
a bit of bonhomie 2009
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It's also an extremely modern film in the way it pathologises the relationship between celebrity and fan-dom. "
GreenCine Daily 2009
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