histrionic personality disorder

noun

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.”

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HPD
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Meanings

nounhistrionic personality disorder (countable and uncountable, plural histrionic personality disorders)

plural histrionic personality disorders

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesA 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.

    Synonyms: HPD

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

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HPD

Translations

Catalan trastorn histriònic de la personalitat
  • trastorn histriònic de la personalitatTranslations
Danish histrionisk personlighedsforstyrrelse, histrionisk personlighedsstruktur
  • histrionisk personlighedsforstyrrelseTranslations
  • histrionisk personlighedsstrukturTranslations
Finnish huomionhakuinen persoonallisuushäiriö, huomionhakuinen persoonallisuus
  • huomionhakuinen persoonallisuushäiriöTranslations
  • huomionhakuinen persoonallisuusTranslations
French trouble de la personnalité histrionique
  • trouble de la personnalité histrioniqueTranslations
German histrionische Persönlichkeitsstörung
  • histrionische PersönlichkeitsstörungTranslations
Polish osobowość histrioniczna
  • osobowość histrionicznaTranslations
Spanish trastorno histriónico de la personalidad
  • trastorno histriónico de la personalidadTranslations
Turkish histriyonik kişilik bozukluğu
  • histriyonik kişilik bozukluğuTranslations
Vietnamese rối loạn nhân cách kịch tính
  • rối loạn nhân cách kịch tínhTranslations
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Chicago

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