histrionic personality disorder en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A personality disorder characterized largely by exaggerated emotions, and inappropriate attention-seeking and seductive behavior typically caused by undue amounts of trauma and related stress during childhood.
Patients with histrionic personality disorder are sometimes accused of being attention whores.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| histrionic personality disorders | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
antisocial personality disorder · narcissistic personality disorder · borderline personality disorder
Synonyms
Translations (11)
da histrionisk personlighedsforstyrrelse (Translations) · fr trouble de la personnalité histrionique (Translations) · fi huomionhakuinen persoonallisuushäiriö (Translations) · es trastorno histriónico de la personalidad (Translations) · vi rối loạn nhân cách kịch tính (Translations) · pl osobowość histrioniczna (Translations) · fi huomionhakuinen persoonallisuus (Translations) · de histrionische Persönlichkeitsstörung (Translations) · da histrionisk personlighedsstruktur (Translations) · tr histriyonik kişilik bozukluğu (Translations) · ca trastorn histriònic de la personalitat (Translations)