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Americanitis

Americanitis noun: neurasthenia.

Noun

Americanitis (uncountable)

  1. (dated, informal) neurasthenia

Origin of Americanitis

From American + -itis, because Americans were said to be particularly prone to the condition. Popularised by William James.

Questions about Americanitis

What does Americanitis mean?
Americanitis means neurasthenia.
What part of speech is Americanitis?
Americanitis is a noun.

Words near Americanitis in the dictionary

  1. Americanist
  2. Americanistic
  3. Americanistically
  4. Americanistics
  5. Americanists
  6. Americanitis
  7. Americanity
  8. Americanizable
  9. americanization
  10. americanizations
  11. Americanize

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