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/ˌnʊɹəsˈθɛnɪk/ · adjective
Of or pertaining to neurasthenia; that is, tendencies of a person who has suffered a nervous breakdown..
They agreed to have no more family gatherings due to their father's neurasthenic presence.
Middle-class parents’ self-medication has long been recreationalized, even romanticized in America (so long as they were white); think of sitcom dads pouring a drink and sinking into the BarcaLounger after a long day with Bob in accounting, or neurasthenic moms popping pink capsules while the casserole browns.
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Neurasthenic means Of or pertaining to neurasthenia; that is, tendencies of a person who has suffered a nervous breakdown..
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They agreed to have no more family gatherings due to their father's neurasthenic presence.
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