Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| ablutomane | one obsessed with washing. |
| aboulia | (Greek) an abnormal lack of ability to act or to make decisions. |
| aboulic | relating to aboulia, loss of willpower. |
| abreact | to resolve a neurosis by reviving forgotten or repressed ideas of the event first causing it. |
| abreaction | the resolution of a neurosis by reviving forgotten or repressed ideas of the event first causing it. |
| abreactive | relating to abreaction, the resolution of a neurosis by reviving forgotten or repressed ideas of the event first causing it. |
| abulia | (Greek) abnormal lack of ability to act or to make decisions. |
| abulic | relating to abulia, loss of willpower. |
| acrasia | (Greek) loss of self-control. |
| acratic | pertaining to acrasia or lack of self-control. |
| aeroneurosis | flight fatigue, a nervous disorder of airmen, with emotional and physical symptoms. |
| affluenza | a malaise said to affect affluent young people, characterised by guilt feelings. |
| agnosia | the loss of the ability to recognize familiar things or people, usually caused by brain injury. |
| agnosic | relating to agnosia, the loss of the ability to recognize familiar things or people. |
| akathisia | a psychological condition characterised by agitation and a frequent desire to alter the posture. |
| akrasia | (Greek) loss of self-control. |
| akratic | relating to akrasia, loss of self-control. |
| alexia | a neurological disorder marked by the loss of ability to read words, aka word blindness. |
| alexic | relating to alexia, the inability to read. |
| algolagnia | a perversion (as sadism or masochism) characterized by pleasure and esp sexual gratification in inflicting or suffering pain. |
| algolagniac | one who suffers from algolagnia. |
| algolagnic | relating to algolagnia. |
| alienism | the study of mental disease. |
| ament | a person who fails to develop mentally. |
| amentia | temporary insanity or a dazed trance. |
| amnesia | loss of memory. |
| amnesiac | one suffering from amnesia. |
| amnesic | of or pertaining to amnesia; (noun) one suffering from amnesia. |
| amnestic | causing loss of memory. |
| anglomania | a craze or obsession with England and the English. |
| anglomaniac | one suffering from anglomania. |
| angst | (Ger.) a state of morbid fear or anxiety. |
| angsty | displaying or feeling angst. |
| anhedonia | an unresponsiveness to pleasure. |
| anhedonic | suffering from anhedonia, unable to experience pleasure. |
| anoesis | consciousness with sensation but without thought and without understanding of the environment. |
| anoetic | of or pertaining to anoesis, consciousness with sensation but without thought. |
| anomie | (Fr.) a condition of hopelessness caused or characterized by breakdown of rules of conduct and loss of belief and sense of purpose. |
| anomy | (Fr.) a condition of hopelessness caused or characterized by breakdown of rules of conduct and loss of belief and sense of purpose. |
| anorectal | pertaining to anorexia. |
| anorectic | pertaining to anorexia; (noun) one suffering from anorexia. |
| anoretic | pertaining to anorexia; (noun) one suffering from anorexia. |
| anorexia | want of appetite, without a loathing of food. |
| anorexic | pertaining to anorexia; (noun) one suffering from anorexia. |
| anorexigenic | promoting or causing anorexia. |
| anorexy | want of appetite, without a loathing of food. |
| anterograde | as in anterograde amnesia, loss of memory for events after injury to the brain or mental trauma, with little effect on information acquired previously. |
| anthomania | an obsession with flowers. |
| anthomaniac | one suffering from anthomania, an obsession with flowers. |
| aphasia | the inability to use or comprehend words. |
| aphasiac | one suffering from aphasia, the inability to use or comprehend words. |
| aphasic | suffering from aphasia; (noun) one suffering from aphasia. |
| aphrodisia | sexual desire, esp violent. |
| apimania | an excessive interest in bees. |
| arithmomania | an obsession with numbers, esp compulsion to count things. |
| astereognosis | the inability to recognize objects by touch. |
| autist | one who suffers from autism. |
| autistic | relating to autism (noun) a person affected by autism |
| autistically | (Adv.) AUTISTIC, suffering from autism. |
| autohypnosis | self-induced and usually automatic hypnosis. |
| autohypnotic | relating to autohypnosis. |
| autophoby | a shrinking from making any reference to oneself. |
| balletomania | an abnormal fondness for ballet. |
| bibliomane | one with a mania for collecting books. |
| bibliomania | a craze for books or reading. |
| bibliomaniacal | relating to bibliomania. |
| bulimia | (Greek) an eating disorder in which binge eating is followed by depression and guilt, self-induced vomiting and purging, etc. |
| bulimiac | relating to bulimia; (noun) one suffering from bulimia > BULIMIACS. |
| bulimic | relating to bulimia; (noun) one suffering from bulimia. |
| bulimus | (Greek) an eating disorder in which binge eating is followed by depression and guilt, self-induced vomiting and purging, etc. |
| bulimy | (Greek) an eating disorder in which binge eating is followed by depression and guilt, self-induced vomiting and purging, etc. |
| cacoethes | (Greek) an insatiable desire or mania; a bad habit. |
| cacoethic | relating to cacoethes, an insatiable desire or mania. |
| catatonia | a trancelike state. |
| catatonic | in a trancelike state (noun) one suffering from catatonia |
| catatonically | (Adv.) CATATONIC, suffering from catatonia, a trancelike state. |
| catatony | periodic rigidity in schizophrenia. |
| chemopsychiatry | treatment of mental illness by drugs. |
| cleptomania | an obsessive urge to steal, driven by emotional disturbance rather than material need. |
| cleptomaniac | a person having an obsessive urge to steal. |
| compulsive | driven by an ungovernable impulse (noun) one driven by an ungovernable impulse |
| compulsively | (Adv.) COMPULSIVE, driven by an ungovernable impulse. |
| coprolalia | an uncontrollable or obsessive use of obscene language. |
| coprolaliac | relating to coprolalia, the uncontrolled, often excessive use of obscene or scatological language that may accompany certain mental disorders. |
| coprophilia | an abnormal liking for excrement. |
| coprophiliac | one suffering from coprophilia. |
| coprophilic | relating to coprophilia, an abnormal liking for excrement. |
| crackup | a mental breakdown. |
| cyclothyme | a person with a cyclothymic temperament, having alternating moods of euphoria and depression. |
| cyclothymia | a mental condition of alternating moods of euphoria and depression. |
| dartitis | a nervous condition affecting darts players, resulting in an inability to release the dart. |
| delusionist | one who suffers from delusions. |
| derealisation | a feeling of altered reality (as that occurring in schizophrenia or in some drug reactions) in which one's surroundings appear unreal or unfamiliar. |
| derealization | a feeling of altered reality (as that occurring in schizophrenia or in some drug reactions) in which one's surroundings appear unreal or unfamiliar. |
| disinhibition | the removal of inhibitions controlling normal behaviour. |
| dyscalculia | the inability to calculate correctly. |
| dysgraphic | (Someone) suffering from dysgraphia, the inability to write. |
| dysmorphic | obsessively concerned with supposed defects in one's appearance. |
| dysthymia | a mild depression, despondency. |
| dysthymiac | a person who suffers from dysthymia, despondency. |
| echolalia | the often pathological repetition of what is said by other people as if echoing them. |
| echolalic | of or like echolalia, the often pathological repetition of what is said by other people as if echoing them. |
| echopraxia | in mental illness, echo-like repetition of another's actions. |
| echopraxis | in mental illness, echo-like repetition of another's actions. |
| egomania | excessive preoccupation with the self. |
| egomaniac | one suffering from egomania, excessive preoccupation with the self. |
| egomaniacal | of or like an egomaniac. |
| egomaniacally | (Adv.) EGOMANIACAL, of or like an egomaniac. |
| eleutheromania | a manic desire for freedom. |
| erethic | showing erethism, abnormal irritability. |
| erethism | abnormal irritability. |
| erethistic | causing erethism, abnormal irritability. |
| erethitic | causing erethism, abnormal irritability. |
| ergomania | excessive desire to work. |
| ergomaniac | one who suffers from ergomania, excessive desire to work. |
| erotomania | an unusually strong sexual desire. |
| erotomaniac | one suffering from erotomania, an unusually strong sexual desire. |
| etheromania | addiction to the taking of ether. |
| europhobia | an irrational fear of Europe and things European. |
| europhobic | suffering from europhobia, an irrational fear of Europe and things European. |
| flagellomania | an obsession with flogging. |
| flagellomaniac | a sufferer from flagellomania. |
| francomania | an obsession with France and the French. |
| graphomania | an obsession with writing. |
| gynophobe | a person who hates or fears women. |
| hallucinator | one who hallucinates. |
| hallucinosis | a pathological mental state characterized by hallucinations. |
| hebephrenia | a form of dementia occuring at puberty. |
| hebephreniac | one suffering from hebephrenia, a form of dementia occuring at puberty. |
| hebephrenic | one suffering from hebephrenia, a form of dementia occuring at puberty. |
| hydromania | an irrational craving for water. |
| hyperactive | affected with or exhibiting hyperactivity; (noun) one who is hyperactive. |
| hypermania | an extreme form of mania. |
| hypermanic | suffering from hypermania, an extreme form of mania. |
| hypermnesia | abnormally vivid or complete memory or recall of the past. |
| hypermnesic | relating to hypermnesia. |
| hypnoanalysis | psychoanalysis conducted on a hypnotized person. |
| hypnoanalytic | related to hypnoanalysis, psychoanalysis conducted on a hypnotized person. |
| hypochondria | suffering from imaginary illness. |
| hypochondriac | one who suffers from hypochondria. |
| hypochondriasis | morbid concern about one's health esp when accompanied by delusions of physical disease. |
| hypochondriasm | hypochondria. |
| hypochondriast | a hypochondriac. |
| hypomania | slightly abnormal overactivity and elation. |
| hypomanic | relating to hypomania, a mild form of mania; (noun) one afflicted with hypomania. |
| hyponea | dulled mental activity. |
| hyponoia | dulled mental activity. |
| hysteromania | hysterical mania, often marked by erotic delusions and an excessive desire to attract attention. |
| idiotism | the medical state of being an idiot. |
| infantilism | retention of childish physical, mental, or emotional qualities in adult life. |
| infomania | an excessive desire for information. |
| insanie | (Shakesp.) insanity. |
| islomania | an obsessional enthusiasm for islands. |
| katharsis | (Greek) a natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of the mouth, bowels, etc. |
| klepto | a person having an obsessive urge to steal. |
| kleptomania | an obsessive urge to steal, driven by emotional disturbance rather than material need. |
| kleptomaniac | a person having an obsessive urge to steal. |
| latah | a psychological condition, observed esp in Malaysian cultures, in which an individual, after experiencing a shock, becomes anxious and suggestible, often imitating the actions of another person. |
| mania | an excessive interest or enthusiasm. |
| manic | affected by mania (noun) someone affected by mania |
| manically | (Adv.) MANIC, of or affected by mania. |
| masochism | the derivation of sexual gratification from the suffering of pain. |
| masochist | one who derives sexual gratification from the suffering of pain. |
| masochistic | relating to masochism. |
| masochistically | (Adv.) MASOCHISTIC, relating to masochism. |
| megalomania | a mania for great or grandiose performance. |
| megalomaniacal | relating to megalomania. |
| megalomanic | relating to megalomania. |
| melancholia | a mental state characterised by dejection and misery. |
| melancholiac | one suffering from melancholia. |
| melancholic | subject to melancholy; (noun) one given to melancholy. |
| melancholically | (Adv.) MELANCHOLIC, subject to melancholy. |
| melancholily | (Adv.) MELANCHOLY, sad, gloomy. |
| melancholiness | the state of being melancholy. |
| melancholy | sad, gloomy (noun) prolonged depression of spirits |
| melomania | a mania for music. |
| melomanic | suffering from melomania, a craze for music. |
| menticide | the systematic undermining of a person's beliefs, attitudes, and values. |
| methomania | a morbid craving for alcohol. |
| metromania | an insatiable desire for writing verse. |
| monomania | an abnormal obsession with a single thought or idea. |
| monomaniac | someone obsessed with one subject only. |
| morphinomania | a habitual craving or desire for morphine. |
| mythomania | an excessive or abnormal propensity for lying and exaggerating. |
| mythomaniac | a sufferer from mythomania, an excessive or abnormal propensity for lying and exaggerating. |
| narcism | excessive love of oneself. |
| narcissism | egocentrism. |
| narcissist | one who shows narcissism. |
| narcissistic | relating to narcissism. |
| narcist | one given to narcism, excessive love of oneself. |
| narcistic | excessively admiring of oneself. |
| narcosynthesis | narco-analysis directed toward unearthing repressed memories. |
| necrophil | someone who is morbidly attracted to corpses. |
| necrophile | someone who is morbidly attracted to corpses. |
| necrophilia | the erotic love of corpses. |
| necrophilic | relating to necrophilia. |
| necrophily | the erotic love of corpses. |
| neophilia | an obsessive love of novelty. |
| neophiliac | one suffering from neophilia, an obsessive love of novelty. |
| neurasthenia | nervous debility or breakdown. |
| neurastheniac | one suffering from neurasthenia. |
| neurasthenic | relating to neurasthenia; (noun) one suffering from neurasthenia. |
| neurofeedback | a therapy technique that presents the user with realtime feedback on brainwave activity. |
| neurosal | relating to neurosis. |
| neurosis | nervous activity distinguished from or associated with mental activity. |
| neurotic | suffering from a neurosis (noun) someone given to neurosis |
| neurotically | (Adv.) NEUROTIC, suffering from a neurosis. |
| neuroticism | a neurotic character, condition, or trait. |
| nootropic | acting on the mind; (noun) a nootropic drug. |
| nostomania | an overwhelming desire to return home or to go back to familiar places. |
| nympho | (Short for) a nymphomaniac. |
| nymphomaniac | one afflicted with nymphomania. |
| oedipal | pertaining to the libidinous feelings of a son towards his mother. |
| oedipally | (Adv.) OEDIPAL, pertaining to the libidinous feelings of a son towards his mother. |
| oenomania | an obsession or craze for wine. |
| opsomania | an abnormal love for one kind of food. |
| orchidomania | an obsession with orchids. |
| orthogenic | pertaining to correction of children's mental defects. |
| orthogenically | (Adv.) ORTHOGENIC, pertaining to correction of children's mental defects. |
| orthomolecular | relating to the theory that mental illness is chemical. |
| paedophilia | the sexual love of children. |
| palilalia | a disorder characterized by rapid repetition of words. |
| paramnesia | abnormality of memory, esp forgetting of meaning of words. |
| paranoea | a form of mental derangement; insanity. |
| paranoeic | suffering from paranoia; (noun) someone suffering from paranoia. |
| paranoia | a form of mental derangement. |
| paranoiac | suffering from paranoia; (noun) someone suffering from paranoia. |
| paranoic | suffering from paranoia (noun) someone suffering from paranoia |
| paranoically | (Adv.) PARANOIC, suffering from paranoia. |
| paranoid | suffering from paranoia; (noun) someone suffering from paranoia. |
| paranoidal | suffering from paranoia. |
| paraphasia | a disorder in which one word substituted for another. |
| paraphasic | of or like paraphasia, a disorder in which one word substituted for another. |
| paraphilia | abnormal sexual practices. |
| paraphiliac | a person who indulges in paraphilia, abnormal sexual practices. |
| paraphrenia | any mental disorder of the paranoid type. |
| paruresis | a type of phobia in which the sufferer is unable to urinate in the presence of others. |
| pedophilia | sexual desire for children. |
| pedophiliac | one who suffers from pedophilia, sexual desire for children. |
| pedophilic | relating to pedophilia; (noun) a pedophile. |
| potichomania | a craze for imitating Oriental porcelain. |
| prosopagnosia | inability to recognize familiar faces. |
| psychoanalyse | to subject to psycholanalysis. |
| psychoanalyser | one who psychoanalyses. |
| psychoanalyze | to subject to psychoanalysis. |
| psychoanalyzer | one who psychoanalyzes. |
| psychogenic | derived from the mind. |
| psychogenically | (Adv.) PSYCHOGENIC, derived from the mind. |
| psychoneurosis | neurosis. |
| psychopathic | relating to psychopathy; (noun) a psychopath. |
| psychopathy | the state of being a psychopath. |
| psychosis | a serious mental disorder characterized by eg illusions, delusions, hallucinations, mental confusion and a lack of insight on the part of the patient into his or her condition. |
| psychosynthesis | a form of psychotherapy combining psychoanalytic techniques with meditation and exercise. |
| psychotic | suffering from a psychosis (noun) one suffering from a psychosis |
| psychotically | (Adv.) PSYCHOTIC, suffering from a psychosis. |
| pteridomania | a passion for ferns. |
| pyromania | an obsessive urge to set fire to things. |
| pyromaniac | a sufferer from pyromania, an obsessive urge to set fire to things. |
| pyromaniacal | relating to pyromania. |
| sadism | a tendency to take delight in inflicting pain. |
| sadist | one marked by sadism. |
| sadistic | like a sadist. |
| sadistically | (Adv.) SADISTIC, like a sadist. |
| schizoid | suffering from schizophrenia; (noun) one suffering from schizophrenia. |
| schizoidal | suffering from schizophrenia. |
| schizophrene | one affected with schizophrenia. |
| schizophrenetic | suffering from schizophrenia. |
| schizophrenia | a mental disorder with 'splitting' of personality and separation from environment. |
| schizophrenic | relating to schizophrenia; (noun) one suffering from schizophrenia. |
| schizothymia | schizoid behavior that resembles schizophrenia in the tendency toward autistic thinking but remains within normal limits. |
| shellshock | mental disturbance due to war experiences, once thought to be caused by the bursting of shells. |
| shellshocked | suffering from shellshock. |
| squandermania | irrational propensity for spending money wastefully. |
| subinhibitory | below a level that causes inhibition. |
| technomania | an obsession with technology. |
| theatromania | a craze for going to plays. |
| theomania | the belief that one is God or specially chosen by God on a mission. |
| timbromania | a craze for stamp collecting. |
| toxicomania | a morbid craving for poisons. |
| tulipomania | an obsession with tulips. |
| typomania | the overwhelming urge to see one's name in print. |
| undinism | a psychological obsession with urine and urination. |
| urolagnia | sexual arousal caused by, or associated with, urine or the urination. |
| xenomania | an inordinate attachment to foreign things. |
| zoanthropic | relating to zoanthropy, a form of mental delusion in which a person believes himself or herself to be an animal. |
| zoanthropy | a form of mental delusion in which a person believes himself or herself to be an animal. |
| zoomania | an excessive enthusiasm for animals. |
| zoophobous | having an abnormal fear of animals. |
| zooscopic | relating to zooscopy, a kind of hallucination in which imaginary animal forms are seen. |
| zooscopy | a kind of hallucination in which imaginary animal forms are seen. |