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inflicted insights

inflicted insights is the plural of inflicted insight.

Meaning of inflicted insight

Noun

inflicted insight (usually uncountable, plural inflicted insights)

  1. (usually) Unsolicited revelation of aspects of one’s character, usually as a result of a deceitful experiment that has psychological dimensions, and especially where this results in emotional trauma and prolonged anxiety.
    • Inflicted insight, as opposed to deceptive debriefing, is even defended by one writer as being in the subject’s best interests.1971, The American Psychologist (American Psychological Association) XXVI, page unknown

Questions about inflicted insights

What is inflicted insights the plural of?
Inflicted insights is the plural of inflicted insight.

Words near inflicted insights in the dictionary

  1. inflexures
  2. inflict
  3. inflictable
  4. inflicted
  5. inflicted insight
  6. inflicted insights
  7. inflicter
  8. inflicters
  9. inflictest
  10. inflicteth
  11. inflicting

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