Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Inadequate personality
A personality pattern of disturbance characterized by one who is unable to adapt to varying situations, possesses poor judgment, is generally inept, lacks physical and emotional stamina, is socially incompatible, and does not appropriately respond to intellectual, social, emotional, and physical demands. A personality type in which the individual is ineffective and is physically and…
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In absentia
Literally, in one’s absence. The person may be either physically or mentally absent from a proceeding for an action to occur.
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Impunitive
The tendency toward a conciliatory attitude rather than blaming either the self or others.
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Impulsiveness
A tendency to act without thinking about its consequences.
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Impression management
The process by which a person shapes other people’s impressions of him or herself self-monitoring. The development in the young of a filial attachment to the first large moving object they see.
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Impression formation
In social psychology, the process of forming opinions of people.
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Impregnation
Conception. The action of impregnating. Fertilization of an ovum. The process of conception or inducing pregnancy.
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Impregnate
To make a female pregnant. To soak a cloth with a liquid.
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Impotence secondary
A condition in which a man has had at least one successful sexual encounter, but now has lost the ability to achieve or maintain an erection. Its cause may be either physical or psychological. This condition is now referred to as inhibited sexual excitement.
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Impotence-primary
A condition in which a man has never been able to achieve or maintain an erection in either heterosexual or homosexual encounters.
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