Medical term:
ego-dystonic
ego-dystonic
[e″go-dis-ton´ik]denoting aspects of a person's thoughts, impulses, attitudes, and behavior that are felt to be repugnant, distressing, unacceptable, or inconsistent with the rest of the personality. See also ego-syntonic.
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e·go-dys·ton·ic
(ē'gō-dis-ton'ik),Repugnant to or at variance with the aims of the ego and related psychological needs of the person (for example, an obsessive thought or compulsive behavior); the opposite of ego-syntonic.
Synonym(s): ego-alien
[ego + G. dys, bad, + tonos, tension]
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e·go-dys·ton·ic
(ē'gō-dis-ton'ik)Repugnant to or at variance with the aims of the ego and related psychological needs of the individual (e.g., an obsessive thought or compulsive behavior); the opposite of ego-syntonic
[ego + G. dys, bad, + tonos, tension]
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