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passive-dependent personality

[ pas-iv-di-pen-duh nt ]
/ ˈpæs ɪv dɪˈpɛn dənt /

noun Psychiatry.

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.

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Nearby words

  1. passive tremor,
  2. passive vocabulary,
  3. passive voice,
  4. passive-aggressive,
  5. passive-aggressive personality,
  6. passive-matrix,
  7. passively,
  8. passiveness,
  9. passivism,
  10. passivist

Origin of passive-dependent personality

First recorded in 1965–70
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