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athymia

/əˈθaɪ.mi.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
a-thy-mi-a
IPA
/əˈθaɪ.mi.ə/
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The absence of emotion; morbid impassivity.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The absence of the thymus gland or the suppression of its secretion.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From a- + -thymia. Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + θυμός (thumós, “heart”), meaning "without heart".

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

athymias (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

dysthymia

Synonyms

athymism

Questions

How do you pronounce athymia?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈθaɪ.mi.ə/.
What does athymia mean?
The absence of emotion; morbid impassivity.
Where does athymia come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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