Defenition of the word acting out

• Defenition of the word acting out

  • (psychiatry) the display of previously inhibited emotions (often in actions rather than words); considered to be healthy and therapeutic
  • a (usually irritating) impulsive and uncontrollable outburst by a problem child or a neurotic adult

Hypernyms for the word acting out

• • blowup
  • display
  • ebullition
  • effusion
  • gush
  • outburst

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