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psychasthenia

psychasthenia noun: a psychological disorder characterized by phobias, obsessions, compulsions, or excessive anxiety.

Noun

psychasthenia (countable and uncountable, plural psychasthenias)

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

psychasthenia meaning in Tamil

psychasthenia in Tamil

சயிக்கஸ்தீனியா

Forms of psychasthenia

pluralpsychasthenias

Origin of psychasthenia

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

Words formed from psychasthenia

Questions about psychasthenia

What does psychasthenia mean?
Psychasthenia means a psychological disorder characterized by phobias, obsessions, compulsions, or excessive anxiety.
What is psychasthenia in Tamil?
Psychasthenia in Tamil is சயிக்கஸ்தீனியா. See Psychasthenia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is psychasthenia?
Psychasthenia is a noun.
What is the plural of psychasthenia?
The plural of psychasthenia is psychasthenias.

Words near psychasthenia in the dictionary

  1. psychanalyst
  2. psychanalysts
  3. psychanalytic
  4. psychanalytical
  5. psychanalytically
  6. psychasthenia
  7. psychasthenias
  8. psychasthenic
  9. psychasthenics
  10. psyche
  11. Psyche knot

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