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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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