SINCE 1828
intropunitive
adjective
in·tro·pu·ni·tive
| \ ˌin-trə-ˈpyü-nət-iv, ˌin-ˌtrō-
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Medical Definition of intropunitive
: tending to blame or to inflict punishment on the self
the direction of hostility was less intropunitive than in the neurotic group— David MacSweeney & Denis Parr
— compare extrapunitive
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