conversion disorder

1. 1.

   a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause)

   Synonymsconversion reactionconversion hysteria

   Broadermental disorder

   Narrowerglove anesthesia

Questions about conversion disorder

What does conversion disorder mean?

conversion disorder means "a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause)".

What is another word for conversion disorder?

Close synonyms include conversion reaction, conversion hysteria. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is conversion disorder a common word?

conversion disorder is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.