pseudoactive

See also: pseudo-active

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ activeCategory:English terms prefixed with pseudo-#ACTIVE.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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  1. Apparently, but not truly, active.
    • 1997, Mardi Jon Horowitz, Stress response syndromes: PTSD, grief, and adjustment disorders:
      […] 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.
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    • 2009, Gemma Corradi Fiumara, Spontaneity: A Psychoanalytic Inquiry, page 63:
      […] 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.
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Usage notes

  • The spelling with a hyphen, pseudo-active, occurs almost four times more frequently than the spelling without (pseudoactive).
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