Adaptive vs. Maladaptive

Adaptiveadjective

Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.

Adaptiveadjective

Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.

Adaptiveadjective

(psychology) Of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society.

Adaptiveadjective

Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of adapting.

Adaptiveadjective

having a capacity for adaptation;

Adaptiveadjective

characterized by or given to adaptation

Maladaptiveadjective

Showing inadequate or faulty adaptation to a new situation.

Maladaptiveadjective

showing faulty adaptation