rhathymian.

Brit.

/rəˈθʌɪmɪə/, U.S.

/rəˈθaɪmiə/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek ῥαθυμία, ῥᾳθυμία.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ῥαθυμία (or ῥᾳθυμία) light-heartedness, easiness of temper, laziness, indifference < ῥάθυμος (or ῥᾴθυμος ) light-hearted, easy tempered, indifferent ( < ῥᾶ (or ῥᾴ ) easily (see radiography n.¹) + θυμός spirit, temper: see thymoleptic adj.) + -ία -ia suffix¹.

1. Theology. In the works of Paul Elmer More: lack of energy or attention; passivity. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1921 P. E. More Relig. Plato ix. 256 It is this rhathymia that leads men to rest lazily in a materialistic philosophy.

1927 P. E. More Christ the Word x. 293 The beginning of evil for Athanasius was thus a kind of rhathymia.

1958 R. M. Davies Humanism of P. E. More v. 170 Man falls into a kind of rhathymia.

2. Psychology. In the factorial analysis of personality: a factor which predisposes a person towards light-heartedness and freedom from worry; (hence) the state or condition of being cheerful and carefree; optimism.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > [noun] > factor predisposing one towards

rhathymia1936

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > state or condition of being cheerful

rhathymia1936

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > cheerful optimism

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rhathymia1936

1936 J. P. Guilford & R. B. Guilford in Jrnl. Psychol. 2 122 A new factor analysis will soon be made in the hope of describing factor IV more explicitly. We have tentatively identified this variable as factor R, the letter R standing for a word coined from the Greek ‘rhathymia’ which means freedom from care.]

1936 Psychol. Abstr. 10 498/2 R (a rhathymia, or happy-go-lucky factor).

1948 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. June 188 The probable connexion of the liability to joy emotions..with certain ‘types’ or ‘factors’—‘extraversion’, ‘rhathymia’, ‘surgency’, etc.

1972 Encycl. Psychol. 3 155/1 Rhathymia manifests itself in an unconcerned, carefree, merry attitude.

1981 Personality & Individual Differences 2 94 Most of the normal Egyptian groups had higher mean scores than British samples on Rhathymia.

1998 E. Elphick et al. in G. A. Kohnstamm et al. Parental Descr. Child Personality ii. 25 Restraint and seriousness versus rhathymia and impulsiveness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rhathymia
释义	rhathymian. Brit. /rəˈθʌɪmɪə/, U.S. /rəˈθaɪmiə/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek ῥαθυμία, ῥᾳθυμία. Etymology: < ancient Greek ῥαθυμία (or ῥᾳθυμία) light-heartedness, easiness of temper, laziness, indifference < ῥάθυμος (or ῥᾴθυμος ) light-hearted, easy tempered, indifferent ( < ῥᾶ (or ῥᾴ ) easily (see radiography n.¹) + θυμός spirit, temper: see thymoleptic adj.) + -ία -ia suffix¹. 1. Theology. In the works of Paul Elmer More: lack of energy or attention; passivity. Now rare. ΚΠ 1921 P. E. More Relig. Plato ix. 256 It is this rhathymia that leads men to rest lazily in a materialistic philosophy. 1927 P. E. More Christ the Word x. 293 The beginning of evil for Athanasius was thus a kind of rhathymia. 1958 R. M. Davies Humanism of P. E. More v. 170 Man falls into a kind of rhathymia. 2. Psychology. In the factorial analysis of personality: a factor which predisposes a person towards light-heartedness and freedom from worry; (hence) the state or condition of being cheerful and carefree; optimism. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > [noun] > factor predisposing one towards rhathymia1936 the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > state or condition of being cheerful rhathymia1936 the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > cheerful optimism sanguine1530 toujours gai1711 optimism1812 buoyancy1819 buoyance1821 rhathymia1936 1936 J. P. Guilford & R. B. Guilford in Jrnl. Psychol. 2 122 A new factor analysis will soon be made in the hope of describing factor IV more explicitly. We have tentatively identified this variable as factor R, the letter R standing for a word coined from the Greek ‘rhathymia’ which means freedom from care.] 1936 Psychol. Abstr. 10 498/2 R (a rhathymia, or happy-go-lucky factor). 1948 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. June 188 The probable connexion of the liability to joy emotions..with certain ‘types’ or ‘factors’—‘extraversion’, ‘rhathymia’, ‘surgency’, etc. 1972 Encycl. Psychol. 3 155/1 Rhathymia manifests itself in an unconcerned, carefree, merry attitude. 1981 Personality & Individual Differences 2 94 Most of the normal Egyptian groups had higher mean scores than British samples on Rhathymia. 1998 E. Elphick et al. in G. A. Kohnstamm et al. Parental Descr. Child Personality ii. 25 Restraint and seriousness versus rhathymia and impulsiveness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1921
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