Maladaptive

Definition: Maladaptive

Maladaptive

Adjective

1. Showing faulty adaptation.

Date "maladaptive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1991. (references)

Antonym: adaptive (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Maladaptive

English words defined with "maladaptive": behavior modification, behavior therapy ♦ personality disorder. (references)

Specialty definitions using "maladaptive": Adjustment Disorders. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Maladaptive

Domain	Title
Books	Abnormal Psychology: The Problem of Maladaptive Behavior (reference) Dangerous Secrets: Maladaptive Responses to Stress (reference) Educating Children With Severe Maladaptive Behaviors (reference) How to Reduce Autistic and Severely Maladaptive Behaviors (reference) Maladaptive Behavior: An Introduction to Abnormal Psychology (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Maladaptive

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Some animal studies have suggested that antenatal corticosteroid treatment might promote maladaptive responses to hypoxia. (references)
		Cognitive-behavioral strategies are based on the theory that learning processes play a critical role in the development of maladaptive behavioral patterns. (references)
		These treatments involve cognitive restructuring, that is, changing of maladaptive thought processes and are generally used in combination with a variety of behavioral techniques, including breathing retraining and activities that target exposure to bodily sensations and external phobic situations. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Maladaptive

"Maladaptive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Maladaptive" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	32	61,292

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Maladaptive

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
behavior maladaptive	12
maladaptive	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Maladaptive

Language		Translations for "maladaptive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		aladaptivemay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Maladaptive

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-e-i-l-m-p-t-v"
	-3 letters: adaptive, lapidate, palmated, validate.
	-4 letters: alameda, amative, availed, aviated, datival, impaled, implead, matilda, palmate, plaited, taliped, tampala, vedalia.
	-5 letters: alated, aliped, aplite, aviate, dative, detail, dilate, dimple, elapid, impala, impale, lamiae, lampad, lamped, limped, limpet, mailed, malate, malted, meatal, medial, milted, palate, palmed, plated, pleiad, tailed, tamale, tamped, vailed, vamped, vialed.
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