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ego-dystonic
Repugnant to or at variance with the aims of the ego and related psychological needs of the individual (e.g., an obsessive thought or compulsive behaviour); the opposite of ego-syntonic.
Synonym: ego-alien.
Origin: ego – g. Dys, bad, – tonos, tension
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