maladjustment
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Maladjustment — Mal ad*just ment, n. [Mal + adjustment.] A bad adjustment. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
maladjustment — 1823, from MAL (Cf. mal ) + ADJUSTMENT (Cf. adjustment) … Etymology dictionary
maladjustment — n. an emotional maladjustment * * * [ˌmælə dʒʌstmənt] an emotional maladjustment … Combinatory dictionary
maladjustment — In the mental health professions, an inability to cope with the problems and challenges of everyday living. [mal + adjust, fr. O.Fr. adjuster, fr. L.L. adjuxto, to put close to, + ment] social m. m. without manifest psychiatric disorder, as that… … Medical dictionary
maladjustment — Synonyms and related words: abnormality, anomaly, brain disease, crack up, emotional disorder, emotional instability, functional nervous disorder, impropriety, inability, inadeptness, inadequacy, inadmissibility, inapplicability, inappositeness,… … Moby Thesaurus
maladjustment — severe mental illness Literally, faulty adjustment of anything: I was good at diverting myself, and others, from the deeper causes of my maladjustment . (Irvine, 1986 she was in an institution for the insane) In educational jargon,… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
maladjustment — noun Date: 1833 poor, faulty, or inadequate adjustment … New Collegiate Dictionary
maladjustment — /mal euh just meuhnt/, n. bad or unsatisfactory adjustment. [1825 35; MAL + ADJUSTMENT] * * * … Universalium
maladjustment — noun a) A poor or faulty adjustment, especially of a mechanism b) The inability to adjust oneself to the needs of others, or to the stresses of normal life … Wiktionary
maladjustment — mal·ad just·ment || ‚mælÉ™ dÊ’ÊŒsmÉ™nt n. inability to adapt to one s environment, poor adjustment … English contemporary dictionary
