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fawn response

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English

Syllables
fawn re-sponse
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An overadaptation in response to a traumatic event entailing needs and wants being succumbed to those of the threat actor.

Etymology

Coined by American psychotherapist Pete Walker in 2009, defining a fourth typology of responses to post-trauma stress in addition to fight, flight, and freeze.

Inflected Forms

fawn responses (plural)

Questions

What does fawn response mean?
An overadaptation in response to a traumatic event entailing needs and wants being succumbed to those of the threat actor.
Where does fawn response come from?
Coined by American psychotherapist Pete Walker in 2009, defining a fourth typology of responses to post-trauma stress in addition to fight, flight, and freeze.

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