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psychasthenia
[ sahy-kuhs-thee-nee-uh ]
noun
- Psychiatry. (no longer in technical use) a neurosis marked by fear, anxiety, phobias, etc.
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Other Words From
- psy·chas·then·ic [sahy-k, uh, s-, then, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of psychasthenia1
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Example Sentences
For these states Janet of Paris suggested the word psychasthenia.
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He was confined two years, suffering from psychasthenia, with suicidal melancholia and delusion of persecution.
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If we classify symptoms, we may separate from it that which we nowadays are inclined to call psychasthenia.
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We might go through the various stages of neurasthenia and then through psychasthenia and then through hysteria and so on.
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I went to see a stomach specialist who looked me over and gravely informed me that I had psychasthenia anorexia.
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