psychasthenia
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- psychasthenic adjective
Etymology
Origin of psychasthenia
From New Latin, dating back to 1905–10; see origin at psych-, asthenia
Example Sentences
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We might go through the various stages of neurasthenia and then through psychasthenia and then through hysteria and so on.
From Psychotherapy by Münsterberg, Hugo
If we classify symptoms, we may separate from it that which we nowadays are inclined to call psychasthenia.
From Psychotherapy by Münsterberg, Hugo
"Nerves," "neurasthenia," "psychasthenia," and "hysteria," are all the names of symptoms of definite bodily disease.
From Preventable Diseases by Hutchinson, Woods
A psychopathic state, scrupulosity is usually listed as a form of psychasthenia which is characterized by weakness of soul, inability to cope with problems, and a lack of psychic energy.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
Psychasthenia, Natural and Acquired.—There are two forms of the mental incapacity that underlies many of the curious symptom-complexes that have been studied under the term psychasthenia.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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