CONVERSION HYSTERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does conversion hysteria mean? • CONVERSION HYSTERIA (noun)
The noun CONVERSION HYSTERIA has 1 sense:
1. a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause)
Familiarity information: CONVERSION HYSTERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CONVERSION HYSTERIA (noun)
Meaning:
A mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
conversion disorder; conversion hysteria; conversion reaction
Hypernyms ("conversion hysteria" is a kind of...):
disturbance; folie; mental disorder; mental disturbance; psychological disorder ((psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conversion hysteria"):
glove anesthesia (a mental disorder involving loss of sensitivity in the hand and wrist)
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