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pseudo-active

pseudo-active is the alternative spelling of pseudoactive.

Meaning of pseudoactive

Adjective

pseudoactive (not comparable)

  1. Apparently, but not truly, active.
    • […] to avoid awareness of ideas and feelings associated with the stressful event, to compensate for an immature level of ego development, and to continue a pseudoactive but actually passive-dependent life trajectory.1997, Mardi Jon Horowitz, Stress response syndromes: PTSD, grief, and adjustment disorders

Questions about pseudo-active

What is pseudo-active the alternative spelling of?
Pseudo-active is the alternative spelling of pseudoactive.

Words near pseudo-active in the dictionary

  1. pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson
  2. pseudo Nambu-Goldstone bosons
  3. pseudo-
  4. pseudo-acronym
  5. pseudo-acronyms
  6. pseudo-active
  7. pseudo-analytical
  8. pseudo-angiosarcoma
  9. pseudo-angiosarcomatous
  10. pseudo-anglicism
  11. pseudo-anglicisms

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