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extrapunitive, a. Psychol.|ɛkstrəˈpjuːnɪtɪv|
Also extropunitive.
[f. extra- + punitive a.]
Reacting aggressively to frustration; characterized by blaming other people or events unreasonably. Contrasted with impunitive a. and intropunitive a.
1938S. Rosenzweig in H. A. Murray Explorations in Personality vi. 587 He may manifest the emotion of anger and condemn the outer world..for his frustration, adopting an attitude of hostility toward his environment. This type of reaction may be termed ‘extrapunitive’. 1945Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. XXXVI. i. 29 Extrapunitive, when the individual tends to blame the external world, reacts with anger and hostility, and psychologically defends himself. 1954G. W. Allport Nature of Prejudice xxiv. 383 There is something exhilarating about extropunitive indignation. To be good and angry at someone else, or even at fate, is like being on a spree. 1969Daily Tel. 2 Oct. 25/5 Is his attitude to life ‘intropunitive’ (tending to blame himself) or is it ‘extrapunitive’—i.e. does he attempt to blame others? |