a loss of will power
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A state in which mental processes are under the control of the emotions.; "The original idea of catathymia forwarded by Maier (1912), Wertham (1937), and other contemporaries was that the condition constituted its own clinical identity."
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a loss of will power
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.an inability to experience pleasure
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.the state of a person's cognitive processes
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a delusion (common in paranoia) that others are out to get you and frustrate and embarrass you or inflict suffering on you; a complica…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a temporary psychological state
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a mental state in which the person has continual hallucinations
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about one's self and one'…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic;…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychia…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment
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Moving the emotions; fitted to excite the emotions; pathetic; touching; as, an affecting address; an affecting sight.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, processes, control, emotions, original.any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predom…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, processes, control, emotions, original.position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, processes, control, emotions, original.position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, processes, control, emotions, original.lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, processes, control, emotions, original.The processes used for thinking, remembering and understanding.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, processes, control, emotions, original.(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, processes, control, emotions, original.One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, processes, control, emotions, original.(biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, processes, control, emotions, original.a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, processes, control, emotions, original.a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, processes, control, emotions, original.A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural ap…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mental, processes, control, emotions, original.
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