predisordered

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ disordered

Adjective[edit]

predisordered (not comparable)

  1. Before the onset of a disordered state.
    • 2000, Peter K. Smith, Anthony D. Pellegrini, Psychology of Education: Social behaviour and the school peer group, page 153:
      Accordingly, a simple characterization of the predisordered individual that emphasizes only shyness/withdrawal seems incomplete.