What does Coping mean?
Definitions for Coping
ˈkoʊ pɪŋcop·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
header, coping, copenoun
brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
Wiktionary
copingnoun
The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water
copingnoun
(Psychology) the process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Copingnoun
The upper tire of masonry which covers the wall.
Etymology: from cope.
All these were of costly stones, even from the foundation unto the coping. 1 Kings, vii. 9.
The coping, the modillions, or dentils, make a noble shew by their graceful projections. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 415.
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Coping refers to the conscious effort and strategies used by individuals to manage and deal with stress, hardship, threats, or significant sources of anxiety. It encompasses different methods and approaches, including problem-solving, seeking social support, or adjusting one's expectations and mindset. These strategies can be productive or unproductive depending on how effectively they alleviate stress and improve mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
Webster Dictionary
Coping
of Cope
Copingnoun
the highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called capping
Etymology: [See Cope, n.]
Wikidata
Coping
In psychology, coping is expending conscious effort to solve difficult personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize or tolerate stress or conflict. Psychological coping mechanisms are commonly termed coping strategies or coping skills. Unconscious or non conscious strategies are generally excluded. The term coping generally refers to adaptive or constructive coping strategies, i.e., the strategies reduce stress levels. However, some coping strategies can be considered maladaptive, i.e., stress levels increase. Maladaptive coping can thus be described, in effect, as non-coping. Furthermore, the term coping generally refers to reactive coping, i.e., the coping response follows the stressor. This contrasts with proactive coping, in which a coping response aims to head off a future stressor. Coping responses are partly controlled by personality, but also partly by the social context, particularly the nature of the stressful environment.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
coping
In ship-building, turning the ends of iron lodging-knees, so that they may hook into the beams.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Coping in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Coping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Coping in a Sentence
Going insane is the mind's way of coping with insanity.
Alcohol could be used as a coping mechanism for either loneliness and boredom or for relationship strife, also, people were finding that they were having trouble shifting between work and after work, and sometimes drinking was the thing that they used in order to make that transition.
Maybe I felt that, because I didn’t make it, the other people did, maybe I was upset with [it], so that’s why I drank a little bit, does it mean it contributed to it? I guess so. But I also think there was a whole bunch of other things. You know, I don’t really want to blame the business. It’s a tough business, but I also had a great, great time in the business. I don’t really think it was anything that happened there. I just don’t think I was dealing with things in the best way… My life just went somewhere else. But I wasn’t really coping with things as best as I could be… I don’t think it was so much the business. I think it was how I was dealing with things.
Biological soil crusts are an outstanding example of nature coping with a really challenging set of environmental conditions, we're pushing as close as we can to extreme environments on other planets.
Most of the kids used very passive coping strategies.
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- التعاملArabic
- BewältigungGerman
- afrontamientoSpanish
- مقابلهPersian
- chaperonFrench
- मुकाबलाHindi
- megküzdésiHungarian
- mengatasiIndonesian
- cimasa, copertina, capezzataItalian
- התמודדותHebrew
- 対処Japanese
- ನಿಭಾಯಿಸುವುದುKannada
- 대처Korean
- omgaanDutch
- enfrentamentoPortuguese
- справитьсяRussian
- சமாளிக்கும்Tamil
- کاپی کرناUrdu
- 应对Chinese
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