Grübelsuchtn.
/ˈɡruːbəlzʊxt/ Psychiatry.
A form of obsession in which even the simplest facts are compulsively queried.
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Grübelsucht1876
obsessional neurosis1918
1876 Mind 1 413 Under the name Grübelsucht, Griesinger..described three examples of a peculiar mental condition, characterised by continuous uncontrollable questionings as to the origin and causes of things great and small.
1885 W. James in Mind 10 37 It would practically be a case of Grübelsucht, if a ruffian were assaulting and drubbing my body, to spend much time in subtle speculation.
1909 W. F. Robertson & T. C. Mackenzie tr. E. Tanzi Text-bk. Mental Dis. v. 150 Some cannot cease from putting to themselves metaphysical and insoluble problems. This constitutes interrogative obsession, the obsession of the why, or Grübelsucht.
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