单词 | impunitive |
释义 | impunitiveadj. Psychology. Adopting an attitude of resignation towards frustration; characterized by blaming neither oneself nor others unreasonably. Contrasted with intropunitive adj. and extrapunitive adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > [adjective] > patiently resigned philosophically minded1848 impunitive1938 the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > want of confidence > [adjective] > blaming no-one impunitive1938 1938 S. Rosenzweig in H. A. Murray Explorations in Personality vi. 587 He may experience emotions of embarrassment and shame, making little of blame and emphasizing instead the conciliation of others and himself to the disagreeable situation. In this case he will be more interested in condoning than in condemning and will pass off the frustration as lightly as possible by making references, even at the price of self-deception, to unavoidable circumstances. This type of reaction may be termed ‘impunitive’. 1954 G. W. Allport Nature of Prejudice xxi. 349 Some frustrated people..are so detached and philosophical about life's frustrations that they blame no one; they are impunitive. 1958 J. M. Argyle Relig. Behaviour viii. 90 A related personality variable is that of punitiveness: people are said to be extrapunitive if they react to frustration by aggression directed outwards, intropunitive if the aggression is directed inwards, and impunitive if they do not react aggressively at all. Derivatives imˈpunitively adv. in a way characteristic of an impunitive individual. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > [adverb] > with patient resignation softlyc1400 philosophically1873 impunitively1958 the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > want of confidence > [adverb] > in impunitive way impunitively1958 1958 J. M. Argyle Relig. Behaviour viii. 91 The humanitarians on the other hand responded impunitively. 1969 M. D. Vernon Human Motivation ix. 148 Unacceptable motivational tendencies..may be treated impunitively and denied entry to consciousness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1938 |
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