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parataxic
[par-uh-tak-sik]
adjective
Psychology.
of or characterized by emotional maladjustment.
of or related to a lack of harmony between attitudes, ideas, etc., and other aspects of an individual's personality.
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51Թ 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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