Is there a word to describe someone who overreacts to the judgement of others, i.e., they over-correct their behavior or are overly fearful of the judgement of others?
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2Thin-skinned maybe? – Old Brixtonian Oct 21 '20 at 13:24
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@ Old Brixtonian: Thank you for your comment. This word word is true to the desired form; but I was hoping for something a little more from-a-psych-dictionary sounding. I will try doing a synonym search! – Collective Action Oct 21 '20 at 13:28
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2Tractable has a whiff of the dictionary. Over-sensitive? – Old Brixtonian Oct 21 '20 at 13:31
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2I hesitate to give this as a definitive answer but feel that the attributes of sensitivity and reaction are to some extent combined in terms such as oversensitive, hypersensitive, overreactive. – Anton Oct 21 '20 at 13:32
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@ Old Brixtonian: Thank you, I went with hyper-sensitive but may switch to tractable. – Collective Action Oct 21 '20 at 13:33
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Manipul[at]able is probably more common than tractable in this sense. – Edwin Ashworth Oct 21 '20 at 13:44
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Such a one might also tend to be conformist and a slave to fashion. – Brian Donovan Oct 21 '20 at 13:44