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.

Derived terms

• psychasthenic

Translations

psychological disorder characterized by phobias, obsessions, compulsions, or excessive anxiety

• Catalan: psicoastènia f
• French: psychasthénie (fr) f
• Portuguese: psicastenia (pt) f
• Romanian: psihastenie (ro) f
• Spanish: psicastenia f, sicastenia f