passive-dependent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of a personality, characterized by both passiveness, a lack of self-reliance, and emotional overdependence on others.

Word forms

passive-dependent

Etymology

From passive + dependent. First use appears c. 1949 in the publication Pyschological Problems in Mental Deficiency.

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