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Meaning of alexithymic in English:

alexithymic

Pronunciation /əˌlɛksɪˈθʌɪmɪk/

adjective

Psychiatry

  • Relating to or having alexithymia (the condition of being unable to recognize or describe one's own emotions)

    ‘to achieve a diagnosis of alexithymic symptoms, a person would need to receive evaluation’
    • ‘alexithymic people are likely to feel lonely and have difficulty communicating intimately’

Origin

1970s from a- + Greek lexis ‘speech’ + thymos ‘soul’ (understood by the psychotherapist Peter Sifneos, who coined the term, to mean ‘mood’) + -ic.