ego-dystonic

ego-dystonic
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. SYN: ego-alien. [ego + G. dys, bad, + tonos, tension]

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ego-dys·ton·ic -dis-'tän-ik adj incompatible with or unacceptable to the ego compare EGO-SYNTONIC

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ego-dys·ton·ic (e″go-dis-tonґik) 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 their personality. Cf. ego-syntonic.

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