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maladaptation|ˌmælædæpˈteɪʃən|
[f. mal- prefix + adaptation.]
Faulty adaptation. Hence malaˈdaptive a.; malaˈdaptively adv.
1877W. K. Clifford Lect. & Ess. (1879) II. 273 The silly maladaptations in organic nature are seen to be steps towards the improvement or discarding of imperfect organs. 1931Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Jan. 334 Prof. Fisher begins his study of the abnormal by considering..how maladaptive the responses of the normal individual often are, when he is faced with a difficult situation. Ibid. Oct. 132 Both images and symbols function maladaptively [in mental defectives]. 1957P. Lafitte Person in Psychol. v. 58 Three modes of adaptive and eight modes of maladaptive behaviour that are used in response to frustration. 1969Sci. Jrnl. Nov. 70/3 Long fingers are..generally maladaptive in terrestrial primates. 1971Sci. Amer. Sept. 132/3 Some aspects of what we have called progress or social evolution may be maladaptive. 1974Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Aug. 923/1 Man's instincts..have become seriously maladaptive. Ibid. 923/5 The hypertrophied human brain has become as maladaptive as the dinosaur's armour. |