Might mean (unverified): Exaggerating problems to extreme levels.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (catastrophization)

▸ noun:  The act or process of catastrophizing.

Similar:
cataclasm, catastrophe, cataclysm, apocalypse, tragedization, disastrophe, catastrophic kill, traumatization, castrophony, catastasis, more...

Opposite:
minimization, optimism, positivity, calmness

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Similar:
cataclasm, catastrophe, cataclysm, apocalypse, tragedization, disastrophe, catastrophic kill, traumatization, castrophony, catastasis, more...

Opposite:
minimization, optimism, positivity, calmness



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