Acting Out
nounid
10364·updated May 18, 2026verified
a usually irritating impulsive and uncontrollable outburst by a problem child or a neurotic adult
polysemousMWE
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Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Acting Outs
- possessive
- Acting Out's
- pluralpossessive
- Acting Outs'
Framework definitions
- §1
- (psychiatry) the display of previously inhibited emotions (often in actions rather than words)
- §2
- a usually irritating impulsive and uncontrollable outburst by a problem child or a neurotic adult
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