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histrionic personality disorder

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A personality disorder characterized largely by exaggerated emotions, and inappropriate attention-seeking and seductive behavior typically caused by undue amounts of trauma and related stress during childhood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

Examples

  • Patients with histrionic personality disorder are sometimes accused of being attention whores.

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Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: trastorn histriònic de la personalitat — Translations
  • Danish: histrionisk personlighedsforstyrrelse — Translations
  • Danish: histrionisk personlighedsstruktur — Translations
  • Finnish: huomionhakuinen persoonallisuushäiriö — Translations
  • Finnish: huomionhakuinen persoonallisuus — Translations
  • French: trouble de la personnalité histrionique — Translations
  • German: histrionische Persönlichkeitsstörung — Translations
  • Polish: osobowość histrioniczna — Translations
  • Spanish: trastorno histriónico de la personalidad — Translations
  • Turkish: histriyonik kişilik bozukluğu — Translations
  • Vietnamese: rối loạn nhân cách kịch tính — Translations