psychasthenia

English

Etymology

From psych- +‎ asthenia. By surface analysis, psych- (“soul, mind”) +‎ a- (“not”) +‎ sthen- (“strength”) +‎ -ia (“disease”).

Noun

psychasthenia (countable and uncountable, plural psychasthenias)

  1. (dated) A psychological disorder characterized by phobias, obsessions, compulsions, or excessive anxiety.

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