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passive-dependent

passive-dependent adjective: of a personality, characterized by both passiveness, a lack of self-reliance, and emotional overdependence on others.

Adjective

passive-dependent (not comparable)

  1. Of a personality, characterized by both passiveness, a lack of self-reliance, and emotional overdependence on others.

Origin of passive-dependent

From passive + dependent. First use appears c. 1949 in the publication Pyschological Problems in Mental Deficiency.

Questions about passive-dependent

What does passive-dependent mean?
Passive-dependent means of a personality, characterized by both passiveness, a lack of self-reliance, and emotional overdependence on others.
What part of speech is passive-dependent?
Passive-dependent is an adjective.

Words near passive-dependent in the dictionary

  1. passive-aggressiveness
  2. passive-aggressivist
  3. passive-aggressivists
  4. passive-aggressivity
  5. passive-aggressor
  6. passive-dependent
  7. passively
  8. passiveness
  9. passivenesses
  10. passives
  11. passivisabilities

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