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Meaning of "neurasthenic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NEURASTHENIC

neurasthenic  [ˌnjʊərəsˈθɛnɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEURASTHENIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Neurasthenic 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 NEURASTHENIC 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 neurasthenic in the English dictionary

The definition of neurasthenic in the dictionary is a person suffering from neurasthenia.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NEURASTHENIC


anthropogenic
ˌænθrəpəʊˈdʒɛnɪk
asthenic
æsˈθɛnɪk
calisthenic
ˌkælɪsˈθɛnɪk
callisthenic
ˌkælɪˈsθɛnɪk
carcinogenic
ˌkɑːsɪnəˈdʒɛnɪk
chromogenic
ˌkrəʊməˈdʒɛnɪk
comedogenic
ˌkɒmɪdəˈdʒɛnɪk
cryogenic
ˌkraɪəˈdʒɛnɪk
erogenic
ˌɛrəˈdʒɛnɪk
Hellenic
hɛˈlɛnɪk
hypoallergenic
ˈhaɪpəʊˌæləˈdʒɛnɪk
hyposthenic
ˌhaɪpɒsˈθɛnɪk
mitogenic
ˌmaɪtəʊˈdʒɛnɪk
pathogenic
ˌpæθəˈdʒɛnɪk
photogenic
ˌfəʊtəˈdʒɛnɪk
ruthenic
ruːˈθɛnɪk
schizophrenic
ˌskɪtsəʊˈfrɛnɪk
sthenic
ˈsθɛnɪk
transgenic
trænzˈdʒɛnɪk
xenic
ˈzɛnɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEURASTHENIC

neural
neural chip
neural computer
neural net
neural network
neural tube
neural tube defect
neuralgia
neuralgic
neurally
neuraminidase
neurasthenia
neurastheniac
neurasthenically
neuration
neuraxon
neurectomies
neurectomy
neurilemma
neurilemmal

WORDS THAT END LIKE NEURASTHENIC

allergenic
androgenic
arsenic
atherogenic
euphenic
genic
hygienic
hypersthenic
hyphenic
irenic
isogenic
myasthenic
myogenic
naphthenic
phenic
psychasthenic
scenic
sphenic
teratogenic
urosthenic

Synonyms and antonyms of neurasthenic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «neurasthenic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NEURASTHENIC

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

Translator English - Chinese

神经衰弱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

neurasténico
570 millions of speakers

English

neurasthenic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

neurasthenic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الوهن العصبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неврастеник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

neurastênico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্নায়বিক দৌর্বল্যগত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

neurasthénique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Neurasthenic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Neurastheniker
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

神経衰弱
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신경 쇠약
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Neurasthenic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thần kinh suy nhược
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

neurasthenic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मज्जासंस्थेसंबंधीचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nevrastenik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nevrastenico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

neurasteniczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неврастенік
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neurastenic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

neurasthenic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neurastenisch
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

neurastenikern
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

neurasthenic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of neurasthenic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NEURASTHENIC»

The term «neurasthenic» is normally little used and occupies the 129.595 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NEURASTHENIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «neurasthenic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «neurasthenic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «NEURASTHENIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word neurasthenic.
1
Marsha Norman
If I had not had music in my life, I would be the neurasthenic vision of the playwright.
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Ben Whishaw
I'm not tortured and neurasthenic - I'm really not.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEURASTHENIC»

Discover the use of neurasthenic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to neurasthenic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Confessions of a Neurasthenic
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS.
William Taylor Marrs, 2012
2
Neurasthenic Nation: The Medicalization of Modernity in the ...
Whereas past studies of neurasthenia have typically relied upon medical articles or literary accounts to understand the disease, this dissertation adds to the analysis patent medicine advertisements, newspapers stories, archived ...
David G. Schuster, 2006
3
Irrational Modernism: A Neurasthenic History of New York Dada
A revisionist history of New York Dada, with appearances by Baroness Elsa as the embodiment of irrational modernism.
Amelia Jones, 2005
4
Diagnosing Literary Genius: A Cultural History of Psychiatry ...
Russian psychiatrists believed the “brainworker” was especially prone to nervous diseases.58 Yet, unlike the neurasthenic businessman exhausted by “cruel competition for the dollar” but spoiled by the easily available pleasures of life, ...
Irina Sirotkina, 2003
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Manliness and Civilization: A Cultural History of Gender and ...
49 Elsewhere, Gilman would make this argument more explicit: American women became neurasthenic because, as highly evolved, civilized human beings, they suffered from living an atavistic and primitive life in the home.50 Gilman ...
Gail Bederman, 2008
6
Introduction to Gnosis
The world is full of neurasthenic persons. The neurasthenic type is a faultfinder, irritable, and intolerable. There are many causes of neurasthenia: impatience, anger, egotism, arrogance, etc. A mediator exists between the Spirit and the body : ...
Samael Aun Weor, 2010
7
Clinical Osteopathy
Sensations geometrically outlined are very apt to be neurasthenic. The sense of fatigue is worse in the morning. During the day, meeting other people and amid the emergencies of work and play, the patient feels more and more able to meet ...
Edward Muntinga
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General Psycho-pathology
They are the born sectarians, cranks and representatives of esoteric doctrines for which they live with an inner self-assurance and proud contempt for everyone else.2 (b) Variations in psychic energy {the neurasthenic and the psychasthenic)  ...
9
Cultures of Neurasthenia from Beard to the First World War
For yeats he had heen suffeting ftom neurasthenic complainrs: a feeling of pressure in his head, dizziness, congestion, perspitation, nor heing ahle to face things, ittirahiliry, insomnia, and feat to go our alone. However, norhing was wtong with ...
Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra, Roy Porter, 2001
10
Psychology Books Part - 1:
The neurasthenic is born and not made toorder,butit is only by assiduous cultivation thathecanhopetobecome a finished product. To elucidate the fact presentedbythelatterhalfofthe preceding sentence is the purpose of this little book . In telling ...
Publishthis, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEURASTHENIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term neurasthenic is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Human Centipede 3, movie review: A truly atrocious film
... (an actor from the Klaus Kinski school of rolling eyeballs and neurasthenic tics) as the sadistic warden of an out of control American prison. «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
Richter: The Enigma: A Film by Bruno Monsaingeon (1998/2014)
And then there is ever-anxious, “nervous, neurasthenic” Dmitri Shostakovich: “Amity between us took some time, and it did not arrive until after ... «Audiophile Audition, Jul 15»
3
What to Expect from Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
His long locks aside (supposedly, they're coming off), Eisenberg's actorly neurasthenic modus operandi is an odd choice for the alpha male ... «LA Magazine, Jul 15»
4
'American Horror Story: Hotel' Jessica Lange Might Appear in Show …
"As on-edge or neurasthenic as they appear to be, they have a spine of steel. It's exactly the kind of complexity in a character that I love, that it ... «Christianity Daily, Jun 15»
5
Saint Laurent: Fashion icon's life makes predictable biopic
As played by Gaspard Ulliel, Saint Laurent is little more than a neurasthenic cypher. The fashion part of the story never quite loses its appeal, ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jun 15»
6
'AHS: Hotel' Begins Filming Next Month! Jessica Lange Hints …
Talking to the same media, the actress shared that "As on-edge or neurasthenic as they [the characters she portrayed] appear to be, they have ... «Youth Health Magzine, Jun 15»
7
Jessica Lange Might Be Checking into the 'American Horror Story …
As on-edge or neurasthenic as they appear to be, they have a spine of steel. It's exactly the kind of complexity in a character that I love, that it ... «moviepilot.com, Jun 15»
8
The Young T.S. Eliot
In particular, he was thunderstruck by the lines he read from Jules Laforgue, the sophisticated, neurasthenic, ironical French poet, who was just 27 years old ... «Harvard Magazine, Jun 15»
9
Explorer Dumont D'Urville laid bare in biography by Edward Duyker
In the port town of Toulon he fell for and married the beautiful, neurasthenic Adelie Pepin, after whom he named a promontory of Antarctica and ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
10
'Game of Thrones' Small Council Weighs In on 'The Gift'
Ugh. More neurasthenic Sparrows this week, busy promoting the concept that a lived life is not worth living. Shuffling around in burlap and bare ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Neurasthenic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/neurasthenic>. May 2024 ».
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