Acting out (dictionary)

BoyWiki Dictionary: Acting out

transitive verb. psychological term, buzzword

¹ to perform an action in contrast to suppressing and managing the impulse to perform it.

² any behavior or expression of feelings which do not comply with the currently established social norms.

• This term is frequently used to describe sex play between young children and same-sex relationships between youths under the legal age of consent, as well as boylove activism.