alexithymia

Meaning

Noun

A deficiency in understanding, processing, or describing emotions.

Origin

From a- + -[[lexico
Created by psychiatrists John Case Nemiah and Peter Sifneos from Ancient Greek ἀ- ("not") + λέξις + θυμός, meaning “without words for emotions”.

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