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fawn response

fawn response noun: an overadaptation in response to a traumatic event entailing needs and wants being succumbed to those of the threat actor.

Noun

fawn response (plural fawn responses)

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

Forms of fawn response

pluralfawn responses

Origin of fawn response

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.

Questions about fawn response

What does fawn response mean?
Fawn response means an overadaptation in response to a traumatic event entailing needs and wants being succumbed to those of the threat actor.
What part of speech is fawn response?
Fawn response is a noun.
What is the plural of fawn response?
The plural of fawn response is fawn responses.

Words near fawn response in the dictionary

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  2. fawn antechinuses
  3. fawn lilies
  4. fawn lily
  5. fawn over
  6. fawn response
  7. fawn responses
  8. fawnch
  9. fawnched
  10. fawnches
  11. fawnching

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