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Catastrophic vs Catastrophize - What's the difference?

catastrophic | catastrophize |

As an adjective catastrophic

is of or pertaining to a catastrophe.

As a verb catastrophize is

(obsolete) to end a comedy.

catastrophic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a catastrophe.
  • Disastrous; ruinous.
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    Synonyms

    * catastrophal

    Antonyms

    * anastrophic

    catastrophize

    English

    Verb

    (catastrophiz)
  • (obsolete) To end a comedy
  • To regard a bad situation as if it were disastrous or catastrophic

    • Quotations

    *1623 Henry Cockeram, Chauncey Brewster Tinker - The English Dictionarie of 1623 *:‘To end a Comedy or the like’ (Quoted in OED) *1947 Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, University of Michigan Research Center for Group Dynamics - Human Relations *:Particularly likely to overreact are those who tend to catastrophize (Ellis, 1962) and those who have Type A personalities (Friedman & Rosenman, 1974) *2001 David H. Barlow - Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders *:Another way to catastrophize is to jump to an extreme conclusion from an unimportant or irrelevant event.

    References

    *OED 2nd edition 1989 + 2004 (online)