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withdrawn, ppl. a.|wɪðˈdrɔːn| [pa. pple. of withdraw v.] In various senses of the vb.; sometimes in a purely static sense, secluded; also of mental state, detached. Also spec. in Psychol., characterized by isolation and loss of contact with objective reality. Cf. withdrawal 4 b.
1615Chapman Odyss. vi. 477 Where abide My Mother, with her withdrawne housewiferies. Ibid. xxiii. 8 Wake, Leaue this withdrawne roome. a1651Sir J. Skeffington Heroe of Lorenzo (1652) 13 She shut her self up in..the most withdrawn chamber of the Palace. 1713C'tess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 94 The withdrawn, the absent Mind. 1723Pope Let. to Swift 12 Jan., Your withdrawn and separate state. 1849A. Scratchley Build. Societies 100 Withdrawn shares (not wholly subscribed for). 1858Thoreau Maine Woods ii. (1918) 157 The stream was so withdrawn..that my companions..concluded to go farther up it. 1895Westm. Gaz. 22 Feb. 7/1 The withdrawn lot [of horses] includes Stowmarket and Indian Queen. 1932Smith. Coll. Stud. Social Work III. 145 Only four of the patients..were of the..type often thought to be common among the pre-schizophrenic... Perhaps children of the withdrawn, timid type are only rarely referred to a child guidance clinic. 1950Times 12 May 7/7 The emotional re-education of the severely withdrawn type was at best a tricky business, for which frequent consultation between the school staff and the psychologist was advisable. 1971H. Kohut Analysis of Self ix. 243 He not only would tend to become generally withdrawn..and diffusely depressed, but..also manifested a striking change in his dream pattern. |