catastrophize

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To regard a bad situation as if it were disastrous or catastrophic. intransitive,transitive
  2. To expose a behavior pattern of seeking the worst interpretation and magnifying the disagreeable outcomes (of). intransitive,transitive
    — Particularly likely to overreact are those who tend to catastrophize (Ellis, 1962) and those who have Type A personalities (Friedman & Rosenman, 1974).
  3. To end a comedy. obsolete

词形变化

catastrophizes present,singular,third-person catastrophizing participle,present catastrophized participle,past catastrophized past catastrophise alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
catastrophization catastrophizer
相关词
declinism deteriorationism doompost negativity bias ruminate

词源

Etymology tree
English catastrophe
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English catastrophize
From catastrophe + -ize.
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