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trauma bond

trauma bond verb: to develop a deep emotional attachment to a person that causes oneself harm.

Verb

trauma bond (third-person singular simple present trauma bonds, present participle trauma bonding, simple past and past participle trauma bonded)

  1. To develop a deep emotional attachment to a person that causes oneself harm.
  2. To form an emotional connection by discussing experiences of distressing events.

Noun

trauma bond (plural trauma bonds)

  1. A strong psychological attachment that develops between a person and their abuser.

Forms of trauma bond

Verb
third-person singular presenttrauma bonds
present participletrauma bonding
past participletrauma bonded
pasttrauma bonded
alternative formtraumabond
Noun
pluraltrauma bonds

Questions about trauma bond

What does trauma bond mean?
Trauma bond means to develop a deep emotional attachment to a person that causes oneself harm.
What part of speech is trauma bond?
Trauma bond can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of trauma bond?
The past tense of trauma bond is trauma bonded.

Words near trauma bond in the dictionary

  1. Traugott
  2. Traugotts
  3. traulism
  4. traulisms
  5. trauma
  6. trauma bond
  7. trauma bonded
  8. trauma bonding
  9. trauma bondings
  10. trauma bonds
  11. trauma centre

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