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passive-aggressive personality

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passive-aggressive personality
n.
A personality disorder in which aggressive feelings are manifested in passive ways, especially through stubbornness, procrastination, and inefficiency so as to resist adequate social and occupational performance.

passive-aggressive personality
Etymology: L, passivus + aggressus, combative, persona, character
a personality characterized by a chronically negativistic disposition with passive resistance and aggression manifested by forceful actions or attitudes expressed in an indirect, nonviolent manner, such as pouting, obstructionism, procrastination, inefficiency, stubbornness, and forgetfulness. Compare aggressive personality, passive-dependent personality. See also passive-aggressive personality disorder.


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