psychasthenia

[ sahy-kuhs-thee-nee-uh ]
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noun
  1. Psychiatry. (no longer in technical use) a neurosis marked by fear, anxiety, phobias, etc.

Origin of psychasthenia

1
From New Latin, dating back to 1905–10; see origin at psych-, asthenia

Other words from psychasthenia

  • psy·chas·then·ic [sahy-kuhs-then-ik], /ˌsaɪ kəsˈθɛn ɪk/, adjective

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How to use psychasthenia in a sentence

  • For these states Janet of Paris suggested the word psychasthenia.

    Psychotherapy | James J. Walsh
  • He was confined two years, suffering from psychasthenia, with suicidal melancholia and delusion of persecution.

    Average Jones | Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • If we classify symptoms, we may separate from it that which we nowadays are inclined to call psychasthenia.

    Psychotherapy | Hugo Mnsterberg
  • We might go through the various stages of neurasthenia and then through psychasthenia and then through hysteria and so on.

    Psychotherapy | Hugo Mnsterberg
  • I went to see a stomach specialist who looked me over and gravely informed me that I had psychasthenia anorexia.

    Confessions of a Neurasthenic | William Taylor Marrs