post-traumatic embitterment disorder

noun

A chronic maladaptive response to a severe manifestation of a usual life occurrence shattering a core belief leading to intrusion and on the flip-side disregard for one’s own condition.

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Meanings

nounpost-traumatic embitterment disorder (countable and uncountable, plural post-traumatic embitterment disorders)

plural post-traumatic embitterment disorders · alternative initialism PTED · alternative posttraumatic embitterment disorder · alternative post traumatic embitterment disorder

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesA chronic maladaptive response to a severe manifestation of a usual life occurrence shattering a core belief leading to intrusion and on the flip-side disregard for one’s own condition.

Origin

Coined by German psychologist and psychiatrist Michael Linden in 2003 (→DOI) together with its German equivalent posttraumatische Verbitterungsstörung.

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Translations

Arabic اِضْطِرَاب الْكَدَر التَّالِيّ لِلصَّدْمَة
  • اِضْطِرَاب الْكَدَر التَّالِيّ لِلصَّدْمَة (iḍṭirāb al-kadar at-tāliyy li-ṣ-ṣadma)chronic maladaptive response to a severe manifestation of a life occurrence leading to intrusion
Catalan trastorn per ressentiment posttraumàtic
  • trastorn per ressentiment posttraumàticchronic maladaptive response to a severe manifestation of a life occurrence leading to intrusion
Chinese Mandarin 創傷後怨恨障礙 /创伤后怨恨障碍
  • 創傷後怨恨障礙 /创伤后怨恨障碍 (chuāngshānghòu yuànhèn zhàng'ài, chuàngshānghòu yuànhèn zhàng'ài)chronic maladaptive response to a severe manifestation of a life occurrence leading to intrusion
Finnish traumaperäinen katkeruushäiriö
  • traumaperäinen katkeruushäiriöchronic maladaptive response to a severe manifestation of a life occurrence leading to intrusion
German posttraumatische Verbitterungsstörung
  • posttraumatische Verbitterungsstörungchronic maladaptive response to a severe manifestation of a life occurrence leading to intrusion
Polish rozgoryczenie pourazowe
  • rozgoryczenie pourazowechronic maladaptive response to a severe manifestation of a life occurrence leading to intrusion
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APA

post-traumatic embitterment disorder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-traumatic%20embitterment%20disorder

MLA

“post-traumatic embitterment disorder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-traumatic%20embitterment%20disorder. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “post-traumatic embitterment disorder,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/post-traumatic%20embitterment%20disorder.

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