neuroticize

English

Etymology

neurotic +‎ -ize

Verb

neuroticize (third-person singular simple present neuroticizes, present participle neuroticizing, simple past and past participle neuroticized)

1. (transitive) To make neurotic; to convert into a neurosis.
   • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:

     Her affects are never neuroticized, as her tics are never mannerized.