State of helplessness

Synonyms for "state of helplessness" (15 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
bleak moodcognitive passivitydefeatism

Strong matches (5)

Related words (7)

Noun(7 words)
incapacitylack of controllearned helplessnesspassivitypowerlessnessresignationstuck condition

Related word relations

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More general

12 entries
affective statecognitive biascognitive patternconditionemotional stateemotional toneidiomatic expressionliterary moodpsychological conceptpsychological processpsychological statesituational phrase

More specific

15 entries
defeatismdemoralizationdespairdespondencydrearinessexternal locus of controlfrustrationhopelessnessimpassepassive copingperceived helplessnesspessimismself-limiting beliefstallstandstill

Collocations

9 entries
emotional statefeeling of helplessnessperceived helplessnessperiod of helplessnesspowerlessnesspsychological statesense of helplessnessstate of mindutter helplessness

Inflections

4 entries
statedstatesstates of helplessnessstating

Derivations

9 entries