histrionic personality disorder

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histrionic personality disorder

noun histrionic personality disorders

  1. countable, uncountable A personality disorder characterized largely by exaggerated emotions, and inappropriate attention-seeking and seductive behavior typically caused by undue amounts of trauma and related stress during childhood. Patients with histrionic personality disorder are sometimes accused of being attention whores.

    Similar: HPD

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@misc{histrionic_personality_disorder_2026,
  title = {histrionic personality disorder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/histrionic%20personality%20disorder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}