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parataxic

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[par-uh-tak-sik] / ˌpær əˈtæk sɪk /

adjective

Psychology.

  1. of or characterized by emotional maladjustment.

  2. of or related to a lack of harmony between attitudes, ideas, etc., and other aspects of an individual's personality.

Etymology

Origin of parataxic

First recorded in 1935–40; paratax(is) + -ic

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When Psychiatrist Harry Stack Sullivan saw this kind of repetition neurosis, he called it parataxic distortion.

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