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traumatization

traumatization

7.5
Experiencing lasting emotional harm after frightening or violent events
  • noun
  • /ˌtrɔːmətaɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : traumatización
  • Many young children suffer from emotional traumatization after experiencing a natural disaster.
  • vicarious traumatization
  • secondary traumatization

If you've experienced any of those, you are then more susceptible to re traumatization and developing PTSD.

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Examples

  • Therapists often observe the traumatization of their clients following violent incidents.

  • Trauma exposure may lead to traumatization or distress when fear, anger, or stress overwhelms the child's internal attributes and protective mechanisms (Finkelhor & Asdigian, 1996).

    Academic text (2006)
  • Mention is often made of their traumatization.

    Academic text (2004)
  • This rate of traumatization is greater for people who come from violent urban areas or from parts of the world.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Therefore, it is possible that the psychology graduate students in the present study are beginning to experience some feelings of secondary traumatization, particularly as these students are in advanced classes that may go over trauma in detail and have started to see clients in a professional setting.

    Academic text (2014)
  • If you've experienced any of those, you are then more susceptible to re traumatization and developing PTSD.

  • Sleep disturbances are a major marker of both short- and long-term traumatization (Wiger & Harowski, 2003).

    Academic text (2008)
  • Furthermore, a lack of self-care could contribute to practitioner traumatization (Newell et al. 2016), suggesting the need for further research on the impact of working with trauma.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Jotzo and Poets (2005) described how mothers in the NICU who were included, after giving birth, in an intervention program combining early crisis intervention and intense support at critical times reported reduced symptoms of traumatization relating to premature birth.

    Academic text (2008)
  • It problematizes oversimplified, generalized, and politicized notions of healing and foregrounds the need to pay attention to the individual contexts of traumatization.

    Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

trauma
vstraumatization
  • Specialized
304 4.8

A very upsetting experience that hurts your feelings and mind

is the resulting process or condition that may cause lasting mental harm
psychic trauma
vstraumatization
  • Specialized
1 7.9

A very strong emotional hurt that stays for a long time after a frightening or sad event

is the ongoing process or condition after such an experience

Antonyms

344 2.1

The body's natural process of getting better after injury or illness

264 3.0

Getting better after illness or injury

How Traumatized

traumatization
  • Specialized
7.5
trauma
  • Specialized
304 4.8
distress
240 3.6
shock
567 2.3
unease
19 4.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

traumatization = traumatize (transparent) = trauma + ize + ation

The noun is a regular -ation nominalization of the verb 'traumatize', so the formation and meaning are clear.

Etymology

Traumatization comes from the Greek word trauma, which means 'wound', with parts like -ize and -ation that turn it into the process of being wounded. Think of it as an emotional or mental 'wound' that can last a long time, which is why the word means lasting harm to the mind or feelings.