maladjustment
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8.2
- noun
- /ˌmælədʒˈʌstmənt/
- Specialized
- Attempts to differentially diagnose social maladjustment are thus plagued by a variety of measurement problems.
- social maladjustment
- emotional maladjustment
Examples
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Also, it became clear that my own response had been appropriate and did not represent maladjustment to my condition.
Academic text (1991) -
Such problems sometimes lead to social and psychological maladjustment within the family unit.
Academic text (1990) -
However, there is no evidence of social maladjustment among children in special classes.
Academic text (1990) -
Of course, miss Warren still suffers from a certain social maladjustment.
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Children of survivors have shown no pattern of maladjustment or psychopathology in most research.
Academic text (1996) -
Their work suggested that the combination of rejected status and aggression most strongly predicts later maladjustment in boys.
Academic text (1999) -
Spriggs et al. noted that bullying behaviors have strong relationships with social maladjustment and negative health behaviors.
Academic text (2011) -
The experience of human alienation is not a treatable symptom of one's maladjustment to one's environment or society.
Academic text (1997) -
We have found that some subtypes of children with LD are quite prone to psychosocial maladjustment, whereas others are not.
Academic text (1992) -
After moving to a new city, she struggled with maladjustment and often felt out of place.
Synonyms
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9.5
A way of behaving that does not fit a situation and causes harm
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8.5
The inability to change or fit into new situations
Antonyms
How Adapted
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3.7
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2.9
- Specialized
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8.2
- Specialized
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9.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
maladjustment = adjustment (transparent) = mal + adjust + ment
The word is formed by adding the prefix 'mal-' (bad/poor) to 'adjustment', yielding a straightforward meaning of poor or failed adjustment.
Etymology
Maladjustment comes from mal- meaning 'bad' and adjust meaning 'to fit in or make right'. So, maladjustment is like a 'bad fit' with your environment, which explains why someone cannot adapt and may have emotional or behavior problems.