dysregulation.

Difficulty keeping a process, especially emotions or behaviour, within a stable or appropriate range.

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Words that belong together

• emotional dysregulation
• stress-related dysregulation

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The discussion treated dysregulation as a pattern of difficulty, not as deliberate misconduct.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.