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passive-aggressive personality disorder

passive-aggressive personality disorder Passive-aggressive personality disorder is a personality disorder in which a person pushes back against expected social or work responsibilities in indirect rather than open ways.

Passive-aggressive personality disorder is a personality disorder in which a person pushes back against expected social or work responsibilities in indirect rather than open ways. Frustration with authority or with what others want may show up through covert noncooperation, such as delaying, obstructing, being stubborn, seeming forgetful, or working inefficiently on purpose.

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Drafting source: U.S. National Library of Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), 2026 descriptor edition. “Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder” (D010324).
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