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hysterical personality

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Main Entry: hysterical personality
Function: noun
: a personality characterized by superficiality, egocentricity, vanity, dependence, and manipulativeness, by dramatic,reactive, and intensely expressed emotional behavior, and often by disturbed interpersonal relationships
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hysterical personality n.
A personality disorder marked by immaturity, dependence, self-centeredness, and vanity, with a craving for attention, activity, or excitement, and behavior that is markedly unstable or manipulative.

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