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passive-aggressive personality
[ pas-iv-uh-gres-iv ]
noun
, Psychiatry.
- a personality disorder characterized by aggressive behavior expressed in passive ways, as procrastination, stubbornness, or pouting.
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Mr. McCourry recently became a father and — after a nearly 10-year long bureaucratic struggle — successfully convinced the Navy to correct his reason for discharge to combat-related PTSD, instead of passive-aggressive personality disorder.
From New York Times
Modern research correlates this type with antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, paranoid, and passive-aggressive personality disorders.
From Scientific American
Her narrative is self-serving and reveals a controlling, passive-aggressive personality.
From New York Times
The weather bot also has its own pre-programmed, passive-aggressive personality.
From The Guardian
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