psychasthenia
noun
(no longer in technical use) a neurosis marked by fear, anxiety, phobias, etc.
psychasthenic
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a word derived from
psychasthenia.
Example Sentences
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But the abnormal increase of suggestibility parallel to that of hypnotism for suggestions from without exists for suggestions from within, mainly in nervous diseases, especially in neurasthenic, hysteric, and psychasthenic states.
From Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg
This psychasthenic state, the folie du doute of the French, is accompanied by fear, restlessness and an oppressive feeling of unreality.
From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson
A gentleman with a decidedly psychasthenic constitution developed a tendency to hesitate in walking on the street.
From Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg
But it is entirely different with the mental states of the psychasthenic.
From Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg
If I diagnose or treat the fixed idea of a psychasthenic, the psychological factor itself represents the disturbance.
From Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg
