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self-defeating personality disorder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
self--de-feat-ing per-son-al-i-ty dis-or-der
IPA
47
Scrabble Score
32
Letters
11
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A proposed personality disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of self-defeating behavior, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

self-defeating personality disorders (plural)

Phrases

borderline personality disorder avoidant personality disorder dependent personality disorder

Frequently Paired Words

borderline personality disorder avoidant personality disorder dependent personality disorder

Synonyms

SDPD

Questions

What does self-defeating personality disorder mean?
A proposed personality disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of self-defeating behavior, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts.

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