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  2. Acedia - Wikipedia

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    Acedia, engraving by Hieronymus Wierix, 16th century. Acedia (/ ə ˈ s iː d i ə /; also accidie or accedie / ˈ æ k s ɪ d i /, from Latin acēdia, and this from Greek ἀκηδία, "negligence", ἀ-"lack of" -κηδία "care") has been variously defined as a state of listlessness or torpor, of not caring or not being concerned with one's position or condition in the world.

  3. Maternal deprivation - Wikipedia

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    The toddlers' IQ rose dramatically. Skeels study was attacked for lack of scientific rigour though he achieved belated recognition decades later. [13] René Spitz, a psychoanalyst, undertook research in the 1930s and '40s on the effects of maternal deprivation and hospitalism. His investigation focused on infants who had experienced abrupt ...

  4. Social deprivation - Wikipedia

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    Social deprivation is the reduction or prevention of culturally normal interaction between an individual and the rest of society. This social deprivation is included in a broad network of correlated factors that contribute to social exclusion; these factors include mental illness, poverty, poor education, and low socioeconomic status, norms and values.

  5. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    The specific problem is: Lack of context in many examples/notes; better sources needed. Please help improve this article if you can. (December 2020) ...

  6. Asociality - Wikipedia

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    Asociality refers to the lack of motivation to engage in social interaction, or a preference for solitary activities. Asociality may be associated with avolition, but it can, moreover, be a manifestation of limited opportunities for social relationships. [1] Developmental psychologists use the synonyms nonsocial, unsocial, and social uninterest.

  7. Unpaired word - Wikipedia

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    An unpaired word is one that, according to the usual rules of the language, would appear to have a related word but does not. [1] Such words usually have a prefix or suffix that would imply that there is an antonym, with the prefix or suffix being absent or opposite.

  8. Genteel poverty - Wikipedia

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    Illustration from an 1886 edition of Little Lord Fauntleroy.The book contrasts the genteel poor main character's more refined mannerisms with the true working poor. Genteel poverty is a state of poverty marked by one's connection or affectation towards a higher ("genteel") social class. [1]

  9. Lack (psychoanalysis) - Wikipedia

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    Of these three forms of lack, castration is the most important from the perspective of the cure. It is in La relation d'objet that Lacan introduces the algebraic symbol for the barred Other, and lack comes to designate the lack of the signifier in the Other. Then the relation of the subject to the lack of the signifier in the Other, designates ...