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psychasthenia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
psy-chas-the-nia
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

Etymology

From psych- + asthenia. By surface analysis, psych- (“soul, mind”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ia (“disease”).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

psychasthenias (plural)

Derived Forms

psychasthenic

Questions

What does psychasthenia mean?
A psychological disorder characterized by phobias, obsessions, compulsions, or excessive anxiety.
Where does psychasthenia come from?
From psych- + asthenia. By surface analysis, psych- (“soul, mind”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ia (“disease”).

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