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parataxic

[ par-uh-tak-sik ]

adjective

Psychology.
  1. of or characterized by emotional maladjustment.
  2. of or related to a lack of harmony between attitudes, ideas, etc., and other aspects of an individual's personality.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of parataxic1

First recorded in 1935–40; paratax(is) + -ic
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Example Sentences

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When Psychiatrist Harry Stack Sullivan saw this kind of repetition neurosis, he called it parataxic distortion.

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