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Definition of Malingering
1. Noun. Evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated. "They developed a test to detect malingering"
Definition of Malingering
1. Verb. (present participle of malinger) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Malingering
1. malinger [v] - See also: malinger
Medical Definition of Malingering
1. Simulation of symptoms of illness or injury with intent to deceive in order to obtain a goal, e.g., a claim of physical illness to avoid jury duty. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Malingering
Literary usage of Malingering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ill-Equipped: U.S. Prisons and Offenders with Mental Illness by Sasha Abramsky (2003)
"According to Fred Cohen, a high incidence of diagnosis of "malingering" mental
records is a "sign of a system in disrepair."35 There are no obvious criteria ..."
2. Details of Military Medical Administration by Joseph Herbert Ford (1918)
"CHAPTER XX malingering Not infrequently men seek to evade service by claiming or
exaggerating some defect, or after admission, seek to leave ..."
3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"malingering. "malingering" has been defined as a deception practiced by anybody,
from which they try to make out that they are sick when they are not sick; ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"1902- Portrait. Outlook 112:75 Ja 12 '16 Malines. See Mechlin, Belgium malingering
Shammed sickness: ..."
5. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1921)
"The possibility of malingering and the need of supervision, 357 — Sec. 4. Old-age
pensions in European countries and in Australia. ..."
6. A Practical Treatise on Ophthalmology by Lawrance Webster Fox (1920)
"TEST FOR malingering. upon glass on a black background, becoming visible only
when held up so that the ... Reading of the entire word indicates malingering. ..."
7. Naval Hygiene by James Chambers Pryor (1918)
"The conscientious medical officer often feels chagrined at his inability to
demonstrate the malingering which he feels sure is being practised. ..."
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