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pseudoactive

/ˌ(p)suːdəʊˈaktɪv/

pseudoactive adjective: apparently, but not truly, active.

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
    • […] our inadequate agency and our passivity may narcissistically ensnare us into believing that we are indeed in charge of the whole complex of events and thus determine a pseudoactive sense of futile activity.2009, Gemma Corradi Fiumara, Spontaneity: A Psychoanalytic Inquiry, page 63

Forms of pseudoactive

alternative formpseudo-active

Origin of pseudoactive

From pseudo- + active.

Questions about pseudoactive

What does pseudoactive mean?
Pseudoactive means apparently, but not truly, active.
What part of speech is pseudoactive?
Pseudoactive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pseudoactive?
Pseudoactive is pronounced /ˌ(p)suːdəʊˈaktɪv/.

Words near pseudoactive in the dictionary

  1. pseudoacinus
  2. pseudoacromegaly
  3. pseudoacromial
  4. pseudoacromion
  5. pseudoacronym
  6. pseudoactive
  7. pseudoadaptation
  8. pseudoadaptations
  9. pseudoaddict
  10. pseudoaddicted
  11. pseudoaddiction

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