1. to analyze or interpret something in psychological terms
2. to theorize about psychological matters, often excessively or inappropriately
Usage: often disapproving

Examples

• The therapist tends to psychologize every aspect of her patients’ behavior.
• Don’t psychologize his decision to quit; maybe he just found a better job.
• The book psychologizes the historical events through a Freudian lens.
• She has a tendency to psychologize simple social interactions.
• Critics argue that the film psychologizes the villain’s actions too much.
• The professor warned students not to psychologize literary characters without textual evidence.