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psychasthenic

psychasthenic adjective: affected with, or relating to, psychasthenia.

Adjective

psychasthenic (comparative more psychasthenic, superlative most psychasthenic)

  1. Affected with, or relating to, psychasthenia.

Noun

psychasthenic (plural psychasthenics)

  1. A person who has psychasthenia.

Forms of psychasthenic

Adjective
comparativemore psychasthenic
superlativemost psychasthenic
Noun
pluralpsychasthenics

Origin of psychasthenic

From psychasthenia + -ic. By surface analysis, psych- (“soul, mind”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ic (“adjective suffix”).

Questions about psychasthenic

What does psychasthenic mean?
Psychasthenic means affected with, or relating to, psychasthenia.
What part of speech is psychasthenic?
Psychasthenic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near psychasthenic in the dictionary

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

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