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mental disorder vs conversion disorder

conversion disorder vs mental disorder

mental disorder and conversion disorder both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mental disorder Yes No No No
conversion disorder Yes No No No
As nouns, conversion disorder is a hyponym of mental disorder; that is, conversion disorder is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mental disorder:
  • mental disorder: (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
  • conversion disorder: a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause)
Other hyponyms of mental disorder include Asperger's syndrome, anxiety disorder, psychosomatic disorder, aberration, conversion hysteria, conversion reaction, delirium, delusional disorder, encopresis, folie a deux, personality disorder, affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder, schizothymia, neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis, dissociative disorder.
mental disorder (noun) conversion disorder (noun)
(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause)
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