passive-aggressive personality

American  

[pas-iv-uh-gres-iv] / ˈpæs ɪv əˈgrɛs ɪv /

noun

Psychiatry.

1. a personality disorder characterized by aggressive behavior expressed in passive ways, as procrastination, stubbornness, or pouting.

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Example Sentences

Her Michelle Fuller is the type of leader who gets pictured on magazine covers, and Mr. Lanthimos shows her getting up at 4:30 for a regimen of cardio, strength training and hand-to-hand combat before reporting cheerfully to her office, where her passive-aggressive personality is increasingly the defining ethos.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. McCourry recently became a father and — after a nearly 10-year long bureaucratic struggle — successfully convinced the Navy to correct his reason for discharge to combat-related PTSD, instead of passive-aggressive personality disorder.

From New York Times

Modern research correlates this type with antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, paranoid, and passive-aggressive personality disorders.

From Scientific American

Her narrative is self-serving and reveals a controlling, passive-aggressive personality.

From New York Times

The weather bot also has its own pre-programmed, passive-aggressive personality.

From The Guardian