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middle-child syndrome

middle-child syndrome is the alternative form of middle child syndrome.

Meaning of middle child syndrome

Noun

middle child syndrome (usually uncountable, plural middle child syndromes)

  1. (usually) The belief or idea that the middle child of a family, who is born in between siblings, is treated or seen differently by their parents from the rest of their siblings.

Questions about middle-child syndrome

What is middle-child syndrome the alternative form of?
Middle-child syndrome is the alternative form of middle child syndrome.

Words near middle-child syndrome in the dictionary

  1. middle-brain
  2. middle-brains
  3. middle-brow
  4. middle-browism
  5. middle-brows
  6. middle-child syndrome
  7. middle-class
  8. middle-classness
  9. middle-click
  10. middle-clicked
  11. middle-clicking

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