maladjustmentn.

Brit.

/ˌmaləˈdʒʌs(t)m(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈˌmæləˈdʒəstmənt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mal- prefix, adjustment n.

Etymology: < mal- prefix + adjustment n.

Imperfect or faulty adjustment; (Psychology) failure to meet the requirements of social life.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] > misadaptation or misadjustment

misadjustment1827

maladjustment1833

misadaptation1870

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > personality disorders > sociopathy or maladjustment

maladjustment1909

sociopathy1918

1833 T. Chalmers On Power, Wisdom, & Goodness of God II. i. vii. 7 This mal-adjustment between the voice that nature gives forth on the right of property, and the voice that arbitrary law gives forth upon it.

1878 S. Newcomb Pop. Astron. iii. iii. 297 They may also arise from a slight maladjustment of the lenses of the eye-piece.

1909 E. T. Devine in Fabian News Dec. 94/1 Not poverty and not punishment explains the misery of our modern commercial and industrial communities, but rather social maladjustment.

1923 J. S. Huxley Ess. Biologist i. 55 Whatever overstress and maladjustment the complexity of modern civilization has brought with it.

1949 E. Jenkins Six Criminal Women 166 Cook did not take to the road through want, but rather from what the psychiatrists call ‘maladjustment’.

1965 J. R. Wittenborn in B. B. Wolman Handbk. Clin. Psychol. 1039/1 Evidence of periodic or constant maladjustment of varying degree from early life.

1992 Independent 6 Feb. 33/6 The smallest maladjustment in the lighting caused him acute distress.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maladjustment
释义	maladjustmentn. Brit. /ˌmaləˈdʒʌs(t)m(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈˌmæləˈdʒəstmənt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mal- prefix, adjustment n. Etymology: < mal- prefix + adjustment n. Imperfect or faulty adjustment; (Psychology) failure to meet the requirements of social life. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] > misadaptation or misadjustment misadjustment1827 maladjustment1833 misadaptation1870 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > personality disorders > sociopathy or maladjustment maladjustment1909 sociopathy1918 1833 T. Chalmers On Power, Wisdom, & Goodness of God II. i. vii. 7 This mal-adjustment between the voice that nature gives forth on the right of property, and the voice that arbitrary law gives forth upon it. 1878 S. Newcomb Pop. Astron. iii. iii. 297 They may also arise from a slight maladjustment of the lenses of the eye-piece. 1909 E. T. Devine in Fabian News Dec. 94/1 Not poverty and not punishment explains the misery of our modern commercial and industrial communities, but rather social maladjustment. 1923 J. S. Huxley Ess. Biologist i. 55 Whatever overstress and maladjustment the complexity of modern civilization has brought with it. 1949 E. Jenkins Six Criminal Women 166 Cook did not take to the road through want, but rather from what the psychiatrists call ‘maladjustment’. 1965 J. R. Wittenborn in B. B. Wolman Handbk. Clin. Psychol. 1039/1 Evidence of periodic or constant maladjustment of varying degree from early life. 1992 Independent 6 Feb. 33/6 The smallest maladjustment in the lighting caused him acute distress. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833
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