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Definition of Affectless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affectless
Literary usage of Affectless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Benign Stupors: A Study of a New Manic-depressive Reaction Type by August Hoch (1921)
"At such times she showed an affectless, impulsive excitement. Whether there was
an element of perplexity then is not clear from the notes. ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"... sixty-one: involutional melancholia of the agitated type with affectless
depression. Onset at the age of fifty-nine. The feeling of unreality in this ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1906)
"... sixty-one; involutional melancholia of the agitated type with affectless
depression. Onset at the age of fifty-nine. The feeling of unreality in ..."
4. Pellagra, an American Problem by George McCallum Niles (1912)
"Most cases showed a gradual development of an affectless stupor, with a final
return to their former mental condition. Rarely, psychic impediments develop ..."
5. A Treatise on Pellagra: For the General Practitioner by Edward Jenner Wood (1912)
"There is often seen a gradual development of an " affectless stupor " which is
followed by a return to their former mental condition. ..."
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