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parataxic distortion

noun

Psychiatry.
  1. a distortion in perception, especially of interpersonal relationships, based on a tendency to perceive others in accordance with a pattern determined by previous experiences.
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Origin of parataxic distortion1

First recorded in 1960–65
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When Psychiatrist Harry Stack Sullivan saw this kind of repetition neurosis, he called it parataxic distortion.

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