extrapunitive; tending to blame others
Psychological term describing a personality style where one attributes problems or failures to external factors or other people. Often contrasted with 自責的 (intropunitive).
He has a strongly extrapunitive attitude and refuses to admit his own mistakes.
In counseling, becoming aware of one's extrapunitive thought patterns is the first step.
Compound of 他 (other) + 責 (blame) + 的 (-like, adjectival suffix). A modern psychological term, likely a calque from English 'extrapunitive'.