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)

Noun(5 words)

despair gloom immobility impotence inability

Related words (7)

Noun(7 words)

incapacitylack of controllearned helplessnesspassivity powerlessness resignationstuck condition

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More general

12 entries

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

More specific

15 entries

defeatism demoralization despair despondency drearinessexternal locus of controlfrustration hopelessness impassepassive copingperceived helplessnesspessimismself-limiting beliefstall standstill

Collocations

9 entries

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

Inflections

4 entries

stated statesstates of helplessnessstating

Derivations

9 entries

helpless helplessly helplessness state stated statehood stately stateness stating

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