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PRONUNCIATION OF NERVOUS EXHAUSTION

nervous exhaustion  [ˈnɜːvəs ɪɡˈzɔːstʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NERVOUS EXHAUSTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nervous exhaustion is a noun.
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WHAT DOES NERVOUS EXHAUSTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Neurasthenia

Neurasthenia is a term that was first used at least as early as 1829 to label a mechanical weakness of the actual nerves, rather than the more metaphorical "nerves" referred to by George Miller Beard later. As a psychopathological term, neurasthenia was used by Beard in 1869 to denote a condition with symptoms of fatigue, anxiety, headache, neuralgia and depressed mood. Neurasthenia is currently a diagnosis in the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases. However, it is no longer included as a diagnosis in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Americans were said to be particularly prone to neurasthenia, which resulted in the nickname "Americanitis". Another, rarely used, term for neurasthenia is nervosism.

Definition of nervous exhaustion in the English dictionary

The definition of nervous exhaustion in the dictionary is an emotional disorder that leaves you exhausted and unable to work.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NERVOUS EXHAUSTION


antichristian
ˌæntɪˈkrɪstʃən
autosuggestion
ˌɔːtəʊsəˈdʒɛstʃən
Christian
ˈkrɪstʃən
combustion
kəmˈbʌstʃən
congestion
kənˈdʒɛstʃən
decongestion
ˌdiːkənˈdʒɛstʃən
digestion
dɪˈdʒɛstʃən
exhaustion
ɪɡˈzɔːstʃən
fortune
ˈfɔːtʃən
indigestion
ˌɪndɪˈdʒɛstʃən
ingestion
ɪnˈdʒɛstʃən
luncheon
ˈlʌntʃən
misfortune
mɪsˈfɔːtʃən
mixtion
ˈmɪkstʃən
moxibustion
ˌmɒksɪˈbʌstʃən
precombustion
ˈpriːkəmˈbʌstʃən
puncheon
ˈpʌntʃən
question
ˈkwɛstʃən
suggestion
səˈdʒɛstʃən
unchristian
ʌnˈkrɪstʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NERVOUS EXHAUSTION

nervier
nerviest
nervily
nervine
nerviness
nerving
nervosity
nervous
nervous breakdown
nervous energy
nervous Nellie
nervous system
nervous wreck
nervously
nervousness
nervular
nervule
nervuration
nervure
nervy

WORDS THAT END LIKE NERVOUS EXHAUSTION

accreditation
bastion
beg the question
beyond (all) question
call in question
Camp Bastion
direct question
essay question
good question
heat exhaustion
heat of combustion
in question
loaded question
open question
out of the question
pop the question
previous question
put the question
rhetorical question
trick question
yes/no question

Synonyms and antonyms of nervous exhaustion in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «nervous exhaustion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NERVOUS EXHAUSTION

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

Translator English - Chinese

神经衰弱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agotamiento nervioso
570 millions of speakers

English

nervous exhaustion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तंत्रिका थकावट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإرهاق العصبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нервное истощение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esgotamento nervoso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্নায়বিক অবসাদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´épuisement nerveux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keletihan saraf
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nervöse Erschöpfung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

神経衰弱
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신경 피로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kekeselen saraf
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kiệt sức lo lắng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நரம்பு சோர்வு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिंताग्रस्त संपुष्टात येणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sinirli tükenme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

esaurimento nervoso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyczerpanie nerwowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нервове виснаження
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

epuizare nervoasa
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νευρική εξάντληση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

senuwee-uitputting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nervös utmattning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nervøs utmattelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nervous exhaustion

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NERVOUS EXHAUSTION»

The term «nervous exhaustion» is normally little used and occupies the 114.443 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NERVOUS EXHAUSTION» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NERVOUS EXHAUSTION»

Discover the use of nervous exhaustion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nervous exhaustion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sexual Neurasthenia Nervous Exhaustion
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ... FORM OF DYSPEPSIA.
George Miller Beard, 2012
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A Manual of Neurasthenia (nervous Exhaustion)
Ivo Geikie Cobb. from true mental disease, because his consciousness remains unclouded and his personality intact.”' MottiL gives the following definition: “A condition of irritable nervous weakness. The term was introduced by Beard to cover ...
Ivo Geikie Cobb, 1920
3
How Everyone Became Depressed: The Rise and Fall of the ...
49 Although the Retreat apparently did not use the term nervous exhaustion, these are the patients who would qualify for it: psychotic, mel- ancholic, and incapable of dealing with the stresses of normal life, in other words, the kind of nervous ...
Edward Shorter, 2013
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How Everyone Became Depressed: The Rise and Fall of the ...
49 Although the Retreat apparently did not use the term nervous exhaustion, these are the patients who would qualify for it: psychotic, mel— ancholic, and incapable of dealing with the stresses of normal life, in other words, the kind of nervous ...
Edward Shorter, 2013
5
A Practical Treatise on Nervous Exhaustion, Neurastheni: Its ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
George Miller Beard, A. D. Rockwell, 2010
6
Self Treatment of Common Diseases: Homoeo & Biochemic
Mental depression due to unfounded anxiety about own health. x Melancholy; ill- humored from nervous exhaustion. Fever y Fevers associated with nervous conditions, excitement, weakness. x Alternate with Ferrum phos. Headache y ...
H.P. Kumar, 2002
7
Australian Cultural History
Before the 1870s, physiologists had acknowledged that nervous exhaustion was on the increase, but this did not cause great concern. In him monumental work on The Principles of Medical Psychology , translated for the Sydenham Society ...
Samuel Louis Goldberg, Francis Barrymore Smith, 1988
8
Therapeutics of Nervous Diseases
Nervous exhaustion caused by excessive sexual indulgence, onanism or loss o( vital fluids; great mental depression; nocturnal emissions followed by great prostration; headache, backache and loss of memory, with inability to perform either ...
C. P. Hart, 1999
9
The Age of Stress: Science and the Search for Stability
... although it only became popular after the New York City physician George Beard published a brief article entitled 'Neurasthenia, or nervous exhaustion' in 1869.14 According to Beard, who had himself suffered from nervousness and fatigue ...
Mark Jackson, 2013
10
The Lancet
THE NERVOUS EXHAUSTION ATTENDANT on AND comrucs'rmc THE PUERPERAL STATE, WITH CASES. By J. JOHNSON KELSO, M.D., Lisburn. 0! all the forms of nervous exhaustion, that which is occasionally found to supervene on the ...
‎1840

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NERVOUS EXHAUSTION»

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13 'Hook' Facts You'll Probably Never, Never Believe...
During filming, Julia Roberts was admitted to hospital for nervous exhaustion. As a kind gesture, Spielberg gave her Peter Pan's childhood bear ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
2
'The Stanford Prison Experiment' Is an Essay on Performance
... another takes his role as prisoner so seriously that he practically collapses from nervous exhaustion. The guards, as well, show great comfort ... «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
3
Nicolas Roche: Sean Kelly might be 59, but he could still give …
Eventually though, I ran out of ways we could have won the stage and the stress and nervous exhaustion of the first nine days of this Tour finally ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
4
After 145 years, Corradino's longest prison term surpassed
Franġisku Farrugia, aged 37, sentenced for life in 1894, died in 1896 due to nervous exhaustion. His prison term was the shortest one since ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
5
GREENCROFT STORIES: Irene Detwiler overcomes vision troubles …
“Even so,” she adds, “My determination to make straight As during my sophomore and junior years led to nervous exhaustion due to eye strain. «Goshen News, Jul 15»
6
In search of long lost brothers
Nicky goes to meet Christian in Lincolnshire where he lives with his adoptive parents, having suffered from nervous exhaustion some years ago. “I certainly don't ... «The Northern Echo, Jun 15»
7
Some 19th-Century Physicians Thought Music Could Infect the Brain
When American neurologist George Beard coined “nervous exhaustion” as a mental condition called neurasthenia, he cited music as a cause ... «Smithsonian, Jun 15»
8
Long Lost Family
Nicky goes to meet Christian in Lincolnshire where he lives with his adoptive parents, having suffered from nervous exhaustion some years ago ... «ITV News, Jun 15»
9
Meet the Islamic Fanatic Who Wants to Kill ISIS
... withdrawal” it was clearly, judging both by their description of the fight and their obvious nervous exhaustion, a retreat forced on them by ISIS. «Daily Beast, Jun 15»
10
Read the alternative phrases to 'All work and no play makes Jack a …
... takes on any of his shots to less than 100, and Shelley Duvall suffered from nervous exhaustion throughout filming, losing hair in the process. «The Independent, Jun 15»

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