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pseudoactive en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌ(p)suːdəʊˈaktɪv/
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Etymology

From pseudo- + active.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Apparently, but not truly, active.
   • […] our inadequate agency and our passivity may narcissistically ensnare us into believing that we are indeed in charge of the whole complex of events and thus determine a pseudoactive sense of futile activity. 2009, Gemma Corradi Fiumara, Spontaneity: A Psychoanalytic Inquiry, page 63:
   • […] to avoid awareness of ideas and feelings associated with the stressful event, to compensate for an immature level of ego development, and to continue a pseudoactive but actually passive-dependent life trajectory. 1997, Mardi Jon Horowitz, Stress response syndromes: PTSD, grief, and adjustment disorders:

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