n.
A psychological disorder characterized by phobias, obsessions, compulsions, or excessive anxiety. No longer in scientific use.
psychasthenic psy'chas·then'ic (-thĕn'ĭk) adj.
psychasthenia
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an incapacity to resolve doubts/uncertainties or to resist obsessions/compulsions that one knows are irrational
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- Karolinska Scales of Personality
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