psychasthenian.
/ˌsʌɪkəsˈθiːnɪə/, U.S. /ˌsaɪkəsˈθiniə/ Psychology and Psychiatry.
Originally: neurosis, esp. of a phobic or obsessive type; an instance of this; (now chiefly historical). Later also: mental lethargy, esp. as a category in psychological personality testing.
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neurastheny1849
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > impairment of mental powers > aboulia or psychasthenia
neurasthenia1833
abulia1848
neuradynamia1848
neurastheny1849
tonelessness1873
aboulomania1883
psychoparesis1883
nervous breakdown1884
psychasthenia1900
1900 S. B. Collins tr. M. de Fleury Med. & Mind v. 206 Psychasthenia..seemed to be modified..parallel with the oscillations of the blood pressure.
1926 W. McDougall Outl. Abnormal Psychol. 440 The characteristic neurosis of the extrovert is hysteria, while that of the introvert is neurasthenia or psychasthenia.
1987 J. Klauber Illusion & Spontaneity in Psychoanal. I. iii. 24 The memories dropped out of consciousness as a result of his psychasthenia.
1992 Family Pract. 9 204/2 The psychic anxiety scale, the psychasthenia scale and the inhibition of aggression scale deal with cognitive-social anxiety.
2003 Hist. Workshop Jrnl. 55 128 Pierre Janet first interpreted scrupulousness as a manifestation of psychasthenia, a vague and uneasy anxiety.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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