psychasthenia
[ sahy-kuhs-thee-nee-uh ]
noun
Psychiatry. (no longer in technical use) a neurosis marked by fear, anxiety, phobias, etc.
Origin of psychasthenia
1Other 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. WalshHe was confined two years, suffering from psychasthenia, with suicidal melancholia and delusion of persecution.
Average Jones | Samuel Hopkins AdamsIf we classify symptoms, we may separate from it that which we nowadays are inclined to call psychasthenia.
Psychotherapy | Hugo MnsterbergWe might go through the various stages of neurasthenia and then through psychasthenia and then through hysteria and so on.
Psychotherapy | Hugo MnsterbergI 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
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