a loss of will power
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Identity crisis
distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about one's self and one's role in society
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a loss of will power
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.an inability to experience pleasure
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.A state in which mental processes are under the control of the emotions.; "The original idea of catathymia forwarded by Maier (1912),…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.the state of a person's cognitive processes
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a delusion (common in paranoia) that others are out to get you and frustrate and embarrass you or inflict suffering on you; a complica…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a temporary psychological state
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a mental state in which the person has continual hallucinations
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic;…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychia…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment
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play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the serv…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distress, disorientation, adolescence, resulting, conflicting.Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marsh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distress, disorientation, adolescence, resulting, conflicting.Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit ad…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distress, disorientation, adolescence, resulting, conflicting.(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distress, disorientation, adolescence, resulting, conflicting.The simultaneous presence of conflicting feelings or attitudes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distress, disorientation, adolescence, resulting, conflicting.Act of striking or conflicting.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distress, disorientation, adolescence, resulting, conflicting.Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distress, disorientation, adolescence, resulting, conflicting.the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distress, disorientation, adolescence, resulting, conflicting.Tending to conflict; conflicting.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distress, disorientation, adolescence, resulting, conflicting.a state of mental disturbance and disorientation
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distress, disorientation, adolescence, resulting, conflicting.a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distress, disorientation, adolescence, resulting, conflicting.a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distress, disorientation, adolescence, resulting, conflicting.
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