borderline personality disorder
Noun

borderline personality disorder (plural borderline personality disorders)

  1. (psychiatry) Exhibiting behavior that borders both neurosis and psychosis.
  2. (psychiatry, modern interpretation) A disorder characterized by extreme black and white thinking and instability in self-image and emotions.
    Hypernyms: cluster B personality disorder
Synonyms
  • BPD (abbreviation)
Translations
  • German: Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörung



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