exploitative orientation

in the existential psychoanalysis of Erich Fromm, a character pattern marked by the use of stealth, deceit, power, or violence to obtain what the individual wants. The character type is plagiaristic rather than spontaneously or resourcefully creative. Also called exploitative character. Compare hoarding orientation; marketing orientation.

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January 19th 2025

holistic healing

a health care concept based on the premise that body, mind, and spirit function as a harmonious unit and that an adverse effect on one also adversely affects the others, requiring treatment of the whole to restore the harmonious balance.