stages of grief

noun

A framework describing common emotional responses to loss.

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Meanings

nounthe stages of grief pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyA framework describing common emotional responses to loss.

    The watchwords are “protect,” “accommodate,” and “retreat,” which sound a lot like a civil engineer’s version of the stages of grief.

    2015 February 28, Laura Parker, “Treading Water”, in National Geographic, page 122
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