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/kəˈtæstɹəfaɪz/ · verb
(transitive, intransitive) To regard a bad situation as if it were disastrous or catastrophic..
Particularly likely to overreact are those who tend to catastrophize (Ellis, 1962) and those who have Type A personalities (Friedman & Rosenman, 1974).
Another way to catastrophize is to jump to an extreme conclusion from an unimportant or irrelevant event.
[I]ndividuals who catastrophized reported worse health-related quality of life, higher psychological distress, and perceived more somatic symptoms, worse consequences, and more severe emotional impact as compared to those participants who did not catastrophize.
“The Great Feminization” catastrophizes wildly about the future, presumably because what’s happening in the present utterly undermines its central thesis.
Use catastrophize when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Catastrophize means (transitive, intransitive) To regard a bad situation as if it were disastrous or catastrophic..
Common synonyms include awfulize.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Particularly likely to overreact are those who tend to catastrophize (Ellis, 1962) and those who have Type A personalities (Friedman & Rosenman, 1974).
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