Definition of "medicalizing" []

• Present participle of medicalize. (verb)

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• "He is tone deaf to those who might bristle at the idea of medicalizing society."
• "For women, more so than for men, simply "medicalizing" the problem is too reductive."
• "The movie's other voices include Ray Moynihan, an Australian critic of "medicalizing" every human complaint, and Leonore Tiefer, an NYU psychologist who keeps a close eye on the Food and Drug Administration."