Stressor
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stressor is a noun meaning (psychology, biology) An environmental condition or influence that stresses (i.e. causes stress for) an organism.
Meaning
(psychology, biology) An environmental condition or influence that stresses (i.e. causes stress for) an organism.
Example Sentences
Plenty of people see hosting a large group as a stressor.
These paradoxical pleasures […] are acquired by controlling one's exposure to the stressor in gradually increasing doses.
These children are constitutionally sad. Other children, like Luke, develop depressive feelings out of the blue or in response to some mild stressor.
Word Forms
- stressors
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stress, aggressor, controllability, activator, trigger, bullies.
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