Passive aggressive
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passive aggressive
A defense mechanism that allows people who arent comfortable being openly aggressive get what they want under the guise of still trying to please others. They want their way, but they also want everyone to still like them. -
act of doing something specifically to piss someone off, but with the cover of I didnt realize it would bother you.
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When someone tries to annoy or hurt someone verbally by saying a put down in a coy or apparent unaware way.
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a phrase that originally described indirect acts of aggression that either could not be traced to the actor or that could be ascribed to a benign, non-spiteful motivation. Once the phrase entered the popular lexicon, it has come to describe any action or inaction that the speaker dislikes but which the speaker cannot explain why the action is unjust or otherwise wrong.
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A defense mechanism that allows people who arent comfortable being openly aggressive get what they want under the guise of still trying to please others. They want their way, but they also want everyone to still like them.
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An adjective used to describe hiding aggressive intentions and actions with seemingly non aggressive intentions and actions.
An often misused and misunderstood term.
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The term passive-aggressive was introduced in a 1945 U.S. War Department technical bulletin, describing soldiers who werent openly insubordinate but shirked duty through procrastination, willful incompetence, and so on.
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Personality disorder now dismissed by psychiatrists but a popular term with people who have to label other people. Being verbally helpful but unhelpful in action.
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appearing [indifferent], [uninterested], or in support of an act before [it happens] but outwardly opposing and attacking it once it has occurred.
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[Showing] [disrespect] towards others by way of lack of action or supposed [forgetfulness].
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