Table of Contents
- 1 What is it called when you get the opposite of what you want?
- 2 What do you mean by reverse psychology?
- 3 What is the term for defining a word by giving its exact opposite or telling what the word is not?
- 4 What is it called when two opposite words are used together?
- 5 What do you do when people do the opposite of what you tell?
- 6 What does it mean when a person has oppositional defiant disorder?
What is it called when you get the opposite of what you want?
“Contradictory” or “contrary” is perhaps the best word I can think of to describe the situation you are trying to describe. An opposite and unexpected conclusion. The antithesis of something is also the exact opposite of what you are referring to, or in opposition of what you are referring to.
What do you mean by reverse psychology?
Reverse psychology, also known as strategic self-anticonformity, is a tactic that involves advocating for a behavior that is different than the desired outcome.
What is it called when something is the opposite?
A word that means the opposite of some specific concept is an antonym.
What is the term for defining a word by giving its exact opposite or telling what the word is not?
Definition of antithetical 1 : being in direct and unequivocal opposition : directly opposite or opposed …
What is it called when two opposite words are used together?
The defining characteristic of an oxymoron is combining words or phrases that have opposite meanings. Because of this, an oxymoron is often referred to as a contradiction in terms. Oxymorons are not meant to be taken literally.
What does “do not look in the closet” mean?
Example: “do not look in this closet” but the person does anyway. Some people might call that a sign of Oppositional Defiance Disorder, with perhaps a little bit of Narcissistic Personality Disorder, if this happens to be just one incidence of many that seem to add up to a whole heap of aggro from this person.
What do you do when people do the opposite of what you tell?
It’s maddening when people do the opposite of what we tell them to do. Remind your boss to look at a report, and he puts it off longer. Discourage a friend from taking a job, and she accepts it.
What does it mean when a person has oppositional defiant disorder?
Some people might call that a sign of Oppositional Defiance Disorder, with perhaps a little bit of Narcissistic Personality Disorder, if this happens to be just one incidence of many that seem to add up to a whole heap of aggro from this person. But that’s more of a serious Borderline Personality Disorder level of thinking.
Why do people get curious when told not to think about something?
When explicitly told not to do something, that plants the idea in your head and then curiosity forces you to act upon the thought in some way. Thought is mentalistic and requires no action other than thought. So “don’t think of x” makes you immediately think of it. We may have to go a step further when analyzing why someone would go to
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