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Luddite: [23] A person who resists new technology, especially digital technology; this term may be misused to refer to people with anti-establishment views, e.g. someone who boycotts Amazon or refuses to own a mobile phone. [24]
Some people believe that terms should be avoided if they might hurt people; others hold the listener responsible for misinterpreting terms used without harmful intent. [citation needed] For example, crazy should be avoided in describing persons or their behaviors, but is less likely to cause offense if used as an intensifier as in "crazy speed ...
A god complex is an unshakable belief characterized by consistently inflated feelings of personal ability, privilege, or infallibility. [1] The person is also highly dogmatic in their views, meaning the person speaks of their personal opinions as though they were unquestionably correct. [2]
The core issue is that people with alexithymia have poorly differentiated emotions, limiting their ability to distinguish and describe them to others. [15] This contributes to the sense of emotional detachment from themselves and difficulty connecting with others, making alexithymia negatively associated with life satisfaction even when ...
Nothing can squash your confidence quite like someone talking down to you. "When someone talks down to you, they are communicating about their perceived superiority and their perception of your ...
Thumb to ear and little finger to mouth as though they were a telephone receiver. Used to say, "I'll call you", or may be used to request a future telephone conversation or to tell someone of a call. [28] In the 2020s, it was noted that younger people who have grown up in the era of smartphones use a flat palm to indicate a telephone. [29]
In psychology, logorrhea or logorrhoea (from Ancient Greek λόγος logos "word" and ῥέω rheo "to flow") is a communication disorder that causes excessive wordiness and repetitiveness, which can cause incoherency.
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