nonpathological
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- adjective
- /nɒnˌpæθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/
- Specialized
- Passage through these stages is viewed as a normal or nonpathological response to the prospect of dying.
Examples
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In the psychoanalytic tradition, too, there is an effort to use the trope of "flexibility" as a way to introduce nonpathological multiplicity.
Academic text (1997) -
Using the Differential Resiliency Model (DRM) developed by the author, the study examined qualitative data to obtain a nonpathological approach to understanding the resilience of ACOAs.
Academic text (1997) -
The author developed the Differential Resiliency Model (DRM) as a means of obtaining a nonpathological approach to understanding the resilience of ACOAs.
Academic text (1997) -
In a consoling letter to a sorrowing friend, even Freud blurred the distinction between what he called pathological and nonpathological anguish (over a person, an abstraction, or even an object):
Academic text (2007) -
Her reaction to the news was a nonpathological response, indicating she was processing her emotions in a healthy way.
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The therapist described his feelings as nonpathological, suggesting that they were part of normal life experiences rather than caused by a mental illness.
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They classified her anxiety as nonpathological, meaning it wasn't related to any underlying health issue but rather situational stress.
Antonyms
How Pathological
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonpathological = pathological (transparent) = non + patholog + ical
The meaning is a straightforward negation of the base adjective 'pathological'.
Etymology
Nonpathological breaks into non- ('not'), patho- ('disease'), and -logical ('related to study'), and you can see patho- in the common word pathology. So, nonpathological means something is 'not caused by disease'.