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BATTLE FATIGUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does battle fatigue mean? 

BATTLE FATIGUE (noun)
  The noun BATTLE FATIGUE has 1 sense:

1. a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfareplay

  Familiarity information: BATTLE FATIGUE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BATTLE FATIGUE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

battle fatigue; combat fatigue; combat neurosis; shell shock

Hypernyms ("battle fatigue" is a kind of...):

posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD (an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images)


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