anorexia

CEFRC1

/ænəˈɹɛksi.ə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An eating disorder involving very little food and intense fear of gaining weight.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any state of being psychologically starved or deprived of something.

Examples

  • She suffered from anorexia as a teenager.

  • The media dubbed anorexia ‘the slimming disease’.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Clipping of anorexia nervosa.

  2. Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.

More examples

In context

  • She suffers from anorexia.

  • intimacy anorexia; emotional anorexia

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Origin

noun

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”, alpha privativum) + ὄρεξῐς (órexĭs, “yearning”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract-noun-forming suffix).