PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY

Meaning of PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY in English

/pas"iv euh gres"iv/ , Psychiatry.

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

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

AGGRESSIVE — adj aggressive
Interlingua English vocab
PERSONALITY — Totality of an individual's behavioral and emotional characteristics. Personality embraces a person's moods, attitudes, opinions, motivations, and style of thinking, …
Английский словарь Британика
PASSIVE — I. ˈpasiv, ˈpaas-, ˈpais-, -sēv also -səv adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin passivus, from passus (past participle of pati …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AGGRESSIVE — I. -esiv, -ēv adjective 1. a. : tending toward, characterized by, or practicing aggression her aggressive behavior an aggressive nation …
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PERSONALITY — ˌpərs ə nˈaləd.ē, ˌpə̄s-, ˌpəis-, -lətē, -i noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English personalite, from Late Latin personalitas, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PASSIVE — (a.) Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
AGGRESSIVE — (a.) Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation.
Английский словарь Webster
PASSIVE — ( a. ) Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AGGRESSIVE — ( a. ) Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PERSONALITY — /perr'seuh nal"i tee/ , n. , pl. personalities . 1. the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: …
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PASSIVE — — passively , adv. /pas"iv/ , adj. 1. not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations …
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AGGRESSIVE — — aggressively , adv. — aggressiveness, aggressivity /ag're siv"i tee/ , n. /euh gres"iv/ , adj. 1. characterized by or …
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PASSIVE — I. ˈpa-siv adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin passivus, from passus, past participle Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PERSONALITY — noun ( plural -ties ) Etymology: Middle English personalite, from Anglo-French personalité, from Late Latin personalitat-, personalitas, from personalis Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AGGRESSIVE — adjective Date: 1824 1. a. : tending toward or exhibiting aggression aggressive behavior b. : marked by combative readiness an …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PERSONALITY — noun that which constitutes distinction of person; individuality. 2. personality ·noun that quality of a law which concerns the condition, …
Webster English vocab
PASSIVE — adj inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive. 2. passive ·adj not active, but acted …
Webster English vocab
AGGRESSIVE — adj tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation.
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PASSIVE — [pas.sive] adj [ME, fr. L passivus, fr. passus, pp.] (14c) 1 a (1): acted upon by an external agency (2): …
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AGGRESSIVE — [ag.gres.sive] adj (1824) 1 a: tending toward or exhibiting aggression "~ behavior" b: marked by combative readiness "an ~ fighter" …
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PERSONALITY — the characteristic way in which a particular individual thinks, feels, and behaves. Personality embraces a person's moods, attitudes, and opinions …
Britannica English vocabulary
PASSIVE — passive BrE AmE ˈpæs ɪv § \ -əv ▷ passive|ly li ▷ passive|ness nəs nɪs ▷ passive|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
AGGRESSIVE — aggressive BrE AmE ə ˈɡres ɪv ▷ aggressive|ly li ▷ aggressive|ness nəs nɪs
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PERSONALITY — / ˌpɜːsəˈnæləti; NAmE ˌpɜːrs-/ noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ C , U ] the various aspects of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PASSIVE — / ˈpæsɪv; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. accepting what happens or what people do without trying to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGGRESSIVE — / əˈgresɪv; NAmE / adjective 1. angry, and behaving in a threatening way; ready to attack : He gets aggressive …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PERSONALITY — per ‧ son ‧ al ‧ i ‧ ty S3 W3 /ˌpɜːsəˈnæləti, ˌpɜːsəˈnælɪti $ ˌpɜːr-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PASSIVE — I. pas ‧ sive 1 AC /ˈpæsɪv/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ passivity ; adverb : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AGGRESSIVE — ag ‧ gres ‧ sive S3 /əˈɡresɪv/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . behaving in an angry threatening way, as if …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PERSONALITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 the distinctive character or qualities of a person, often as distinct from others (an attractive personality). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PASSIVE — adj. 1 suffering action; acted upon. 2 offering no opposition; submissive. 3 a not active; inert. b (of a metal) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PERSONALITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 the distinctive character or qualities of a person, often as distinct from others (an attractive personality). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PASSIVE — adj. 1 suffering action; acted upon. 2 offering no opposition; submissive. 3 a not active; inert. b (of a metal) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PERSONALITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. the distinctive character or qualities of a person, often as distinct from others (an attractive personality). …
Oxford English vocab
PASSIVE — adj.1 suffering action; acted upon. 2 offering no opposition; submissive. 3 a not active; inert. b (of a metal) abnormally …
Oxford English vocab
PERSONALITY — ( personalities) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your personality is your …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PASSIVE — 1. If you describe someone as passive , you mean that they do not take action but instead let things …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGGRESSIVE — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. An aggressive person or animal has …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGGRESSIVE — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. An ~ person or animal has …
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PERSONALITY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a forceful personality/character/opponent etc ▪ He gained a reputation as a forceful member of the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PASSIVE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES passive resistance (= a way of protesting against something or opposing a government without …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AGGRESSIVE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a violent/aggressive act ▪ We will track down those responsible for this violent act. aggressive/hostile …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PERSONALITY — [noun]Your personality is the type of person you are, which is shown by the way you behave, feel and think.She …
Cambridge English vocab
PASSIVE — (GRAMMAR) [noun] [U] [specialized] - the passive a way of structuring a sentence so that the grammatical subject is the …
Cambridge English vocab
AGGRESSIVE — [adjective]Some dogs are naturally aggressive.If I criticize him he gets all aggressive and starts shouting.Aggressive can also mean being determined …
Cambridge English vocab
PERSONALITY — n. Totality of an individual's behavioral and emotional characteristics. Personality embraces a person's moods, attitudes, opinions, motivations, and style of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PASSIVE — Synonyms and related words : Laodicean, Olympian, abeyant, abject, accepting, accommodating, acquiescent, active, active voice, adapting, adaptive, adjusting, agreeable, aloof, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
AGGRESSIVE — adj. Function: adjective marked by bold determination and readiness for conflict FF1C; an aggressive fighter FF1E; Synonyms: assertive, assertory, militant, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AGGRESSIVE — adjective marked by bold determination and readiness for conflict an aggressive fighter Synonyms: assertive, assertory, militant, pushful, pushing, pushy, self-assertive …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PERSONALITY — noun 1 character ADJECTIVE ▪ bright , bubbly , extrovert ( esp. BrE ), jovial , lively , outgoing , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
AGGRESSIVE — adj. VERBS ▪ be , look , seem , sound ▪ become , get , grow ( esp. AmE ), …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PERSONALITY — n. 25B6; noun her cheerful personality : CHARACTER, nature, disposition, temperament, make-up, persona, psyche. she had loads of personality : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PASSIVE — n. 25B6; adjective a passive role : INACTIVE, non-active, non-participative, uninvolved. passive victims : SUBMISSIVE, acquiescent, unresisting, unassertive, compliant, pliant, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AGGRESSIVE — adj. 25B6; adjective aggressive and disruptive behaviour : VIOLENT, confrontational, antagonistic, truculent, pugnacious, macho; quarrelsome, argumentative. aggressive foreign policy : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PERSONALITY — n. 1 character, nature, temperament, disposition, make-up, persona; identity, psyche Miles has an extremely abrasive personality that has upset many …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PASSIVE — adj. 1 inactive, non-aggressive, inert, motionless, unresponsive, quiet, calm, tranquil, serene, placid, still, idle, unmoving, unmoved, impassive, untouched, cool, indifferent, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AGGRESSIVE — adj. 1 combative, warlike, martial, belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious, quarrelsome, disputatious, litigious; hostile, unfriendly The Germanic tribes were known to the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AGGRESSIVE — A French expression to indicate the reinforced front, rear, and side safety structures of a car. If the strengthened structure …
English Dictionary of Automotive Terms
PERSONALITY — noun BAD : He is a man of strong personality who will fight for what is right. GOOD : He …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
PASSIVE — An inactive move or plan that doesn't fight for the initiative. A passive position has no hope of counterplay or …
English Glossary of Chess Terms
PERSONALITY — сущ. 1) индивидуальность, личность а) человек как таковой б) личные свойства и особенности характера, определяющие личность charismatic personality, charming personality …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PASSIVE — 1. прил. 1) пассивный, инертный; бездеятельный, вялый; апатичный, безразличный His mind became merely passive. ≈ Его сознание стало почти полностью …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AGGRESSIVE — прил. 1) нападающий; агрессивный, враждебный, захватнический 2) активный, деятельный, настойчивый, энергичный Syn : bold агрессивный, захватнический; - * war агрессивная …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PERSONALITY — personality.ogg ͵pɜ:səʹnælıtı n 1. 1> личность, индивидуальность strong personality - сильная личность lacking in personality - бледная личность multiple personality …
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