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Noun Concept
Categories: Human behavior, Defence mechanisms, Motivation, Category, Borderline personality disorder
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passive-aggressive behavior  passive aggression  passive–aggressive behavior  Negativistic  Non-confrontational
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Indirect expression of hostility, such as through procrastination, stubbornness, sullenness, or deliberate or repeated failure to accomplish requested tasks for which one is (often explicitly) responsible. Open English WordNet
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Indirect expression of hostility, such as through procrastination, stubbornness, sullenness, or deliberate or repeated failure to accomplish requested tasks for which one is (often explicitly) responsible. Open English WordNet
Passive-aggressive behavior is characterized by a pattern of passive hostility and an avoidance of direct communication. Wikipedia
Resistance to following through with expectations in interpersonal or occupational situations Wikipedia Disambiguation
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In psychology, passive-aggressive behavior is characterized by a habitual pattern of passive resistance to expected work requirements, opposition, stubbornness, and negative attitudes in response to requirements for normal performance levels expected of others. Open English WordNet
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defense mechanism
human behavior
Open English WordNet
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passive aggression
Wikipedia
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passive-aggressive behavior
Wikidata
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passive–aggressive behavior
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Negativistic, Non-confrontational, Passive-aggression, passive-aggressive, Passive-Aggressive Behavior, passive-aggressive behaviour, Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder, passive-aggressiveness, Passive-agression, Passive-agressive, Passive aggresive, passive aggression, passive aggressive, Passive aggressive behavior, Passive aggressive personality, Passive aggressiveness, Passive agression, Passive agressive, Passive agressiveness, passive–aggressive, passive–aggressive behavior, Passive–aggressive behaviour, Passive–aggressiveness
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passive-aggressive behavior, passive agressive behavior, passive agressive behaviour, passive agressive personality

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