neediness
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈniːdiness/
:
necesidad afectiva
- The child's neediness was evident when he repeatedly asked for his mother's attention during the game.
- neediness and vulnerability
And and women are not turned on by neediness there.
- And and women are not turned on by neediness there.
- So, you know, I don't like, no one likes neediness.
- Now the root of all unattractiveness is neediness.
- That next sign is extreme neediness.
- So the motivation change is from neediness and discontent to joyful doing.
- And last tip is neediness this stems from thinking that this someone is your last chance or this is the person that holds your happiness.
- It lays out a really robust framework of neediness, which he thinks is the prime driver of.
- Yeah, Yeah, a lot of neediness and a lot of externalization and external hyper vigilance.
- And so, you know, for me, non neediness is let's take the let's take the part of being an asshole that benefits you, which is not being needy.
Examples
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The act of writing might also make people focus narrowly on themselves and their neediness.
Blog text (21) -
Let me repeat, neediness occurs when you place a higher power on what others think of you.
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Unfortunately, many women mistake neediness for love.
Blog text (29) -
Are you burned out by their neediness?
Blog text (30) -
Sometimes it's rooted in jealousy, insecurity, and neediness.
Blog text (31) -
And I could never explain to Simon how it happened, how it was that I’d been unable to resist a stranger's neediness.
Fiction book (2000) -
As the child grows and matures, their experiences of neediness and vulnerability, if anything, become even more complex and acute, and, along with it, so too does their emotionality.
Academic text (2014) -
Georgiana's neediness and desire to cling to Nan and Elton Rice made separation nearly impossible.
Fiction book (2001) -
The fact of our essential neediness and vulnerability as human beings needs to be deeply appreciated if adult educators hope to sustain a meaningful and emancipatory social purpose for their field.
Academic text (2014) -
If a child manages to experience 'good enough holding' throughout her life, she can develop enough tolerance of her own imperfections and neediness to be able to withstand the inconstancy and tumult of her world, especially the frailty and imperfections of other people.
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
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4.2
Wanting to stay very close to someone and needing constant attention
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4.8
Needing someone or something too much so it causes harm
Wanting too much attention and support from someone
Antonyms
608
3.0
Freedom from control by others, for example when a country is free or a person supports themselves
How Needy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Neediness breaks into need 'to want or require' and -ness 'a state'. So, neediness means the state of always asking for too much attention, care, or reassurance.