passive-dependent personality

[ pas-iv-di-pen-duhnt ]
nounPsychiatry.

  1. a personality disorder characterized by a lack of self-confidence and self-reliance and consequent surrender to and dependence on others to take responsibility for major areas of one's life.

Origin of passive-dependent personality

1
First recorded in 1965–70

Words Nearby passive-dependent personality

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