alexithymian.
/əˌlɛksᵻˈθʌɪmɪə/, U.S. /əˌlɛksəˈθaɪmiə/ Psychology and Psychiatry.
The inability to recognize one's own emotions and to express them, esp. in words.
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1974 Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics 24 109 The so-called ‘alexithymia’..is very relevant to such cases.
1983 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 140 1307/2 Alexithymia may serve as a nidus around which various disciplines can interface.
1993 N.Y. Times 7 Nov. ii. 15/1 Another..psychologist..is credited with rediscovering what has become a widely used clinical term for the phenomenon: ‘Alexithymia’. (Translation: No words for feelings. Movie translation: It's not O.K. to be Gary Cooper anymore.)
2007 New Scientist 17 Feb. 46/3 This goes back to work in the 1970s on alexithymia, a term coined to describe people who have trouble processing or expressing their emotions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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