retraumatize
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
re- + traumatize
Verb[edit]
retraumatize (third-person singular simple present retraumatizes, present participle retraumatizing, simple past and past participle retraumatized)
- (psychology, transitive) To traumatize again or anew.
- 2007 August 28, Amanda Schaffer, “Not a Game: Simulation to Lessen War Trauma”, in New York Times[1]:
- One risk of introducing potent material too fast is that a veteran could become retraumatized and perhaps unwilling to continue other kinds of therapy, as well.