Thread: ENTJ or ENFJ?
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Old 06-27-2007, 12:48 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by htb View Post
From observation, rather than theory, I recount a female ENFJ and a male ENTJ. Each grew up in a dysfunctional family, receiving from their respective parents a combination of inconsistent support and scorn. The ENFJ showed reluctance towards introversion and had a ritualistically bad temper before, in her forties, identifying and rectifying her personal problems; the ENTJ, in his mid-fifties, has only begun to abandon his maladaptive behaviors, and can still be imperious and preclusive. Opposite sex notwithstanding, the two could not be confused, as ENFJs are nothing like ENTJs.
Imperious and preclusive.
Please expand on this. My intuition tells me it's the answer but my T doesn't know why.
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