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# How to pronounce "somatize" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/ˈsəʊmətaɪz/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **so·ma·tize**
- **Stress**: **SO** — say this syllable louder and longer

## Meaning & Usage

### VERB
- To express (a psychological process) through physical symptoms such as pain or anxiety; to have a psychosomatic reaction to (e.g. a situation).
  - *Example*: "“[…] I don’t feel anything, naturally, since I’ve somatized the anxiety.”"

### Example Sentences
- "“[…] I don’t feel anything, naturally, since I’ve somatized the anxiety.”"
- "or of illness that is somatized to an individual body but to an entire social continuum in which everything seems to"

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (1 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "somatize" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "forced to argue like this, and this is Mill, "The ball was no part of the ship, and the motion forward was not natural or of illness that is somatized to an individual body but to an entire social continuum in which everything seems to"
- **Watch at 61:47**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9R_1DrKdnY&t=3707s)


## How to Pronounce "somatize"

- **Syllables**: so · ma · tize
- **Stress**: SO — say this syllable louder and longer
- **IPA**: `/ˈsəʊmətaɪz/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed /SO/ in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Words

### Word Forms
[somatizes](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/somatizes), [somatized](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/somatized), [somatizing](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/somatizing), [somatization](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/somatization)


## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “somatize”?
“somatize” is pronounced /ˈsəʊmətaɪz/ (so · ma · tize). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “somatize”?
“somatize” has 3 syllables: so · ma · tize.

### Where is the stress in “somatize”?
The primary stress in “somatize” is on “SO”. Listen for that stressed syllable in the clips above.

### What does “somatize” mean?
To express (a psychological process) through physical symptoms such as pain or anxiety; to have a psychosomatic reaction to (e.g. a situation).

### How can I hear “somatize” used in real sentences?
This page has 1 real-world video example of “somatize” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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