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Nov 30, 2009
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pas'sive-de•pend'ent personal'ity



Pronunciation: (pas'iv-di-pen'dunt), [key] Psychiatry.
a personality disorder characterized by a lack of self-confidence and self-reliance and consequent surrender to and dependence on others to take responsibility for major areas of one's life.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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