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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ERETHISM

From French éréthisme, from Greek erethismos irritation, from erethizein to excite, irritate.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ERETHISM

erethism  [ˈɛrɪˌθɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ERETHISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Erethism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ERETHISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

erethism

Erethism

Erethism or erethism mercurialis is a neurological disorder which affects the whole central nervous system, as well as a symptom complex derived from mercury poisoning. This is also sometimes known as the mad hatter disease. Historically, this was common among old England felt-hatmakers who used mercury to stabilize the wool in a process called felting, where hair was cut from a pelt of an animal such as a rabbit. The industrial workers were exposed to the mercury vapors, giving rise to the expression “mad as a hatter.” Some believe that the character the Mad Hatter in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland is an example of someone suffering from erethism, but the origin of this account is unclear. The character was almost certainly based on Theophilus Carter, an eccentric furniture dealer who was well known to Carroll. It is commonly characterized through behavioral changes such as irritability, low self-confidence, depression, apathy, shyness and timidity, and in some extreme cases with prolonged exposure to mercury vapors, delirium, personality changes and memory loss occur as a result.

Definition of erethism in the English dictionary

The first definition of erethism in the dictionary is an abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity in any part of the body. Other definition of erethism is a personality disorder resulting from mercury poisoning. Erethism is also an abnormal tendency to become aroused quickly, esp sexually, as the result of a verbal or psychic stimulus.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ERETHISM


absinthism
ˈæbsɪnˌθɪzəm
activism
ˈæktɪˌvɪzəm
anthropopathism
ˌænθrəˈpɒpəθɪzəm
criticism
ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm
healthism
ˈhɛlθɪzəm
hedonism
ˈhiːdəˌnɪzəm
hylopathism
haɪˈlɒpəˌθɪzəm
hypognathism
haɪˈpɒɡnəθɪzəm
journalism
ˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
mechanism
ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm
mesognathism
mɪˈsɒɡnəˌθɪzəm
metabolism
mɪˈtæbəˌlɪzəm
metagnathism
meˈtæɡnəˌθɪzəm
opisthognathism
ˌɒpɪsˈθɒɡnəˌθɪzəm
orthognathism
ɔːˈθɒɡnəˌθɪzəm
paragnathism
pəˈræɡnəˌθɪzəm
prognathism
ˈprɒɡnəˌθɪzəm
terrorism
ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm
tourism
ˈtʊərɪzəm
xanthism
ˈzænˌθɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ERETHISM

eremital
eremite
eremitic
eremitical
eremitish
eremitism
eremurus
Erenburg
erenow
erepsin
erethic
erethismic
erethistic
erethitic
Eretria
Eretz Israel
Eretz Yisrael
erev
erev Pesach
erev Shabbat

WORDS THAT END LIKE ERETHISM

anarchism
anthropomorphism
automorphism
Buddhism
catechism
dimorphism
endomorphism
fetishism
Great Schism
homeomorphism
homomorphism
isomorphism
masochism
metamorphism
polymorphism
sadomasochism
schism
sexual dimorphism
Sikhism
Zen Buddhism

Synonyms and antonyms of erethism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «erethism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ERETHISM

Find out the translation of erethism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of erethism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «erethism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

erethism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

eretismo
570 millions of speakers

English

erethism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

erethism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فرط التهيج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

повышенная возбудимость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

erethism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

erethism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

éréthisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Erethism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

erethism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

過敏症
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신경 과민
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Erethism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự hưng phấn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உடல் உறுப்புக்களில் இயற்கைக்கு மீறிய உணர்வுக் கோளாறு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एरेथिझम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eretizm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eretismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

erethism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підвищена збудливість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

erethism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ερεθισμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prikkelbaarheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

erethism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

erethism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of erethism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ERETHISM»

The term «erethism» is used very little and occupies the 178.331 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ERETHISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about erethism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ERETHISM»

Discover the use of erethism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to erethism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The London Medical and Physical Journal
The exciting causes of this erethism enumerated by Dr. Nicholl, are most of the common exciting causes of disease; but especially undue impressions on the expansions (or, as Dr. Nicholl terms them, the anti-cerebral extremities,) of the nerves ...
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Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Descartes to gender ...
This self-contempt manifests itself in other ways, for example, as anxiety in the presence of whites about revealing one's 'natural' negro inferiority; in a pathological hypersensitivity that Fanon dubbed 'affective erethism'; in existential dread and ...
Edward Craig, 1998
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The Monthly Review Or, Literary Journal
The nature of an erethism is more particularly explained afterwards. — ' An irritation and its effects are greater or smaller, according to the force of the stimulus, and sensibility of the affected part. That mode of action, which results from the sen- ...
Several Hands, 1768
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Transactions
As on the one hand, we find that an increase of the quantity of blood that circulates through the cerebral blood-vessels, tends to the production of erethism of the cranial brain : so do we find, that erethism of the cranial brain may cause the ...
Dublin (Ireland). Kings and Queens College of Physicians in Ireland. Association of Fellows and Licentiates, 1820
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal
The nature of an erethism is more particularly explained after*- wards. — ' An irritation and its effects are greater or smaller, ao cording to the force of the stimulus, and sensibility of the affected part. That mode of action, which results from the ...
Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths, 1768
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TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF FELLOWS AND LICENTIATES ...
As on the one hand, we find that an increase of the quantity of blood that circulates through the cerebral blood-vessels, tends to the production of erethism of the cranial brain : so do we find, that erethism of the cranial brain may cause the ...
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The Monthly Review
[sets, with the velocity of the fluids preternaturally encreased.'-* > he nature of an erethism is more particularly explained afterwards.—' An irritation and its effects are greater or smaller, according to the force of the stimulus, and sensibility of ...
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Hair Test Interpretation: Finding Hidden Toxicities
Erethism is generally mentioned as the most common and important finding in mercury poisoning. 47 see www.noamalgam.com for more information or to obtain the book. 48 The review by Gerstner and Huff (Clinical Toxicology of Mercury.
Andrew Hall Cutler, 2004
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Materia Medica; Or, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
A single one or two of the grades of a Euphrenic operation, may perhaps accord sufiiciently with the definition of an Erethism, but then it will be an Erethistic of a very different quality ; and certainly it is not admissible to reckon the several ...
William Tully, 1858
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Black Soul, White Artifact: Fanon's Clinical Psychology and ...
Affective erethism is the term Fanon coins to describe the massive sensitivity of the Negro. It is in response to this sensitivity that the black man is drawn toward the white woman and the black woman to the white man in a neurotic search for ...
Jock McCulloch, 2002

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ERETHISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term erethism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Aboriginal art comes with a view
A closer view of the mountain goat petroglyphs (carvings) on basalt rock that can be viewed daily at Columbia Hills State Park/Erethism Lake ... «The Columbian, Aug 14»
2
FDA reconsidering safety of mercury fillings, but panel may be …
Occupational exposure has resulted in broad-ranging functional disturbance, including erethism, irritability, excitability, excessive shyness, and ... «Natural News.com, Dec 10»
3
Mercury: How To Get This Lethal Poison Out Of Your Body
Nervous system toxicity can cause erethism ("mad hatter syndrome" as mentioned above) with symptoms of shyness; laughing, crying, and ... «Huffington Post, Feb 10»
4
Obama's Plan for a Healthy America: The Hazards of Mercury Dental …
“Inhalation of mercury vapor over a long period may cause mercurialism which is characterized by fine tremors and erethismErethism may ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Aug 09»

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