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Malingering

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skulkingnoun	The action of one who skulks.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Malingering"

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Word	Definition
skulkingnoun	The action of one who skulks.
pathomimesis	—
factitious disorder	A factitious disorder is a mental disorder in which a person, without a malingering motive, acts as if they have an illness by deliberately producing, feigning, or exaggerating symptoms, purely to attain (for themselves or for another) a patient's role.
münchausen syndromenoun	(phychiatry) A factitious (artificial) mental disorder in which a person feigns illness or psychological trauma in order to garner attention or sympathy.
turkeynoun	(uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
mimesisnoun	The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
presenteeismnoun	(chiefly UK) The fact of being present at work, especially if one is too sick to be productive, or working beyond the expected hours.
pathological lying	Pathological lying, also known as pseudologia fantastica (Latin for "fantastic pseudology"), is a chronic behavior characterized by the habitual or compulsive tendency to lie.
somatizationnoun	(medicine) The generation of physical symptoms of a psychiatric condition such as anxiety
sham surgery	(or placebo surgery) a faked surgical intervention that omits the step thought to be therapeutically necessary.
medicalizationnoun	The act or process of medicalizing.
somatoform disordernoun	(medicine) A psychiatric disorder in which physical symptoms are experienced, but for which no apparent physical cause can be found
psychic surgerynoun	A medical fraud in which a practitioner creates the illusion of performing surgery with his/her bare hands, using fake blood and other trickery.
diagnostic overshadowingnoun	The mistaken attribution of signs and symptoms of a medical condition to a pre-existing known condition.
psychogenic painnoun	(medicine, psychiatry) Physical pain that is caused, increased, or prolonged by mental, emotional, or behavioral factors.
pseudohypertensionnoun	(medicine) A falsely elevated blood pressure or blood pressure reading, often as a result of age-related arterial stiffness.
mental disordernoun	(psychiatry) A behavioral or mental pattern that may cause suffering or a poor ability to function in life.
psychogenic disease	Classified as a "conversion disorder" by the DSM-IV, a psychogenic disease is a condition in which mental stressors cause physical symptoms matching other disorders.
pathologizationnoun	(medicine) The treatment of a health or behaviour condition as if it were a medical condition.
obsessive-compulsive disordernoun	(medicine, psychology) A mental and behavioral disorder, characterized by obsessive intrusive thoughts and a compulsion to ease the resulting distress by repeating specific routines or rituals, regardless of their interference with other activities.