neediness

/'ni:dinis/

Thân thiện

A child shows neediness by clinging to a parent's leg.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The quality or state of requiring excessive attention, affection, or reassurance: A psychological or emotional state characterized by a marked dependence on others for validation and support.
   • A state of extreme poverty or destitution: A condition of lacking the basic necessities of life, such as food, shelter, and money.

Examples of Usage

• Psychological/Emotional State:
  • His constant neediness drove his friends away.
  • The therapist helped her understand the roots of her neediness.
• State of Poverty:
  • The charity aims to alleviate the neediness in the community.
  • Government programs are designed to help families in neediness.

Advanced Usage

• "Chronic neediness": A persistent, long-term state of requiring excessive emotional support.
  • The relationship was strained by his partner's chronic neediness.
• "Material neediness": Specifically refers to a lack of physical or financial resources.
  • The report focused on the material neediness of the rural population.

Variants and Related Words

• Needy (adj): Having or showing a need for affection, attention, or reassurance; also, lacking the necessities of life; very poor.
  • A needy child.
  • Needy families.
• Need (n): A requirement, necessity, or lack of something.
  • The basic needs of life.

Synonyms

• Dependence (for emotional sense): Reliance on someone or something.
• Destitution (for poverty sense): Extreme poverty.
• Penury: Extreme poverty.

Related Phrases

• "A state of need": A condition of lacking something essential.
  • The refugees were in a dire state of need.
• "To exhibit neediness": To display behaviors associated with being needy.
  • She tried not to exhibit neediness in her new relationship.

Related Idioms

• "Needy as a newborn": Extremely dependent and requiring constant care and attention.
  • After the surgery, he was as needy as a newborn.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree
   • he recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it
2. a state of extreme poverty

Từ đồng nghĩa

• privation
• want
• deprivation