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post-traumatic embitterment disorder

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A chronic maladaptive response to a severe manifestation of a usual life occurrence shattering a core belief leading to intrusion and on the flip-side disregard for one’s own condition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

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History

Etymology

Coined by German psychologist and psychiatrist Michael Linden in 2003 (→DOI) together with its German equivalent posttraumatische Verbitterungsstörung.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِضْطِرَاب الْكَدَر التَّالِيّ لِلصَّدْمَة (iḍṭirāb al-kadar at-tāliyy li-ṣ-ṣadma) — chronic maladaptive response to a severe manifestation of a life occurrence leading to intrusion
  • Catalan: trastorn per ressentiment posttraumàtic — chronic maladaptive response to a severe manifestation of a life occurrence leading to intrusion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 創傷後怨恨障礙 /创伤后怨恨障碍 (chuāngshānghòu yuànhèn zhàng'ài, chuàngshānghòu yuànhèn zhàng'ài) — chronic maladaptive response to a severe manifestation of a life occurrence leading to intrusion
  • Finnish: traumaperäinen katkeruushäiriö — chronic maladaptive response to a severe manifestation of a life occurrence leading to intrusion
  • German: posttraumatische Verbitterungsstörung — chronic maladaptive response to a severe manifestation of a life occurrence leading to intrusion
  • Polish: rozgoryczenie pourazowe — chronic maladaptive response to a severe manifestation of a life occurrence leading to intrusion