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How to pronounce “catastrophize”
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Pronunciation guide for catastrophize
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of catastrophize with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- An ER doctor on triaging your "crazy busy" life
and we catastrophize and we start to get that tunnel vision.
- Definition summary
- (transitive, intransitive) To regard a bad situation as if it were disastrous or catastrophic.
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How to pronounce catastrophize
An ER doctor on triaging your "crazy busy" life

and we catastrophize and we start to get that tunnel vision.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “catastrophize”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive, intransitive) To regard a bad situation as if it were disastrous or catastrophic.
- (transitive, intransitive, psychology) To expose a behavior pattern of seeking the worst interpretation and magnifying the disagreeable outcomes (of).
- (obsolete) To end a comedy.
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