psychasthenia
psychasthenia · psychasthenias
A psychological disorder characterized by phobias, obsessions, compulsions, or…A psychological disorder characterized by phobias, obsessions, compulsions, or excessive anxiety.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, dated, uncountable)A psychological disorder characterized by phobias, obsessions, compulsions, or excessive anxiety.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From psych- + asthenia. By surface analysis, psych- (“soul, mind”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (From psych- + asthenia. By surface analysis, psych- (“soul, mind”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ia (“disease”).
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Forms
plural: psychasthenias| Singular | psychasthenia |
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedpsychasthenic
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable