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decathect
(dee-cuh-THECT) to divest oneself emotionally,
in anticipation of a loss
(the process is 'decathexis')
dysania
(dis-AY-nee-uh) the state of finding it hard to get out of bed
tarantism
(TAR-un-tizm) overwhelming urge to banish one's
melancholy by dancing
farctate
(FARK-tate) full (as from eating) to the point of bursting; completely satiated
onychophagist
(AHN-i-KAHF-uh-jist) person who bites his fingernails
criticaster
(CRI-ti-cas-ter) third-rate, mean-spirited, contemptible critic
philodox
(FIL-uh-dox) person in love with his own opinions, who loves to hear himself talk
resistentialism
seemingly spiteful behavior manifested by inanimate objects
plenilune
(PLEN-i-loon) the time of the full moon