Definition of tanorexia in English:

tanorexia

nounˌtanəˈrɛksɪəˌtænəˈrɛksiə

mass nouninformal

An obsessive desire to acquire and maintain a suntan, by natural or artificial methods.
she is one of a growing number of teenagers thought to be suffering from tanorexia
Example sentencesExamples
- These days there is even a term for tan addiction - tanorexia - because of the amount of young people putting themselves at risk.
- Assuming that you don't have tanorexiaa compulsion marked by frequent trips to the tanning boothyou have every reason to feel optimistic about your skin.
- But was I secretly suffering from an acute case of tanorexia, only just managing to keep my inner torment under control with the help of factor 2 carrot oil?
- People with tanorexia have tanned skin but look into the mirror and see themselves as too pale.
- And for the first time I began to miss my old life, my old self-obsessed, narcissistic, no room-for-anyone-else-but-me kind of life filled with my own depressing issues of self-hate, loneliness and tanorexia.
- Tony, who is now 15, is one of a growing number of teenagers thought to be suffering from tanorexia.

Derivatives

tanorexic

nounˌtanəˈrɛksɪkˌtænəˈrɛksɪk

informal

A person who has an obsessive desire to acquire and maintain a suntan, by natural or artificial methods.
a self-confessed former tanorexic
Example sentencesExamples
- Lynne, a 28-year-old law student from Glasgow, is a typical tanorexic.
- A consultant psychiatrist at Parkhead Hospital in Glasgow, he has treated a number of tanorexics.
- One thinks of tanorexic women with badly-coloured hair, Latino machismo on Miami Beach, poodles and overdressed cocktails.

Origin

1980s: blend of tan¹ (sense 2 of the noun) and anorexia.

Definition of tanorexia in US English:

tanorexia

nounˌtænəˈrɛksiəˌtanəˈreksēə

informal

An obsessive desire to acquire and maintain a suntan, by natural or artificial methods.
Example sentencesExamples
- But was I secretly suffering from an acute case of tanorexia, only just managing to keep my inner torment under control with the help of factor 2 carrot oil?
- These days there is even a term for tan addiction - tanorexia - because of the amount of young people putting themselves at risk.
- And for the first time I began to miss my old life, my old self-obsessed, narcissistic, no room-for-anyone-else-but-me kind of life filled with my own depressing issues of self-hate, loneliness and tanorexia.
- Tony, who is now 15, is one of a growing number of teenagers thought to be suffering from tanorexia.
- Assuming that you don't have tanorexiaa compulsion marked by frequent trips to the tanning boothyou have every reason to feel optimistic about your skin.
- People with tanorexia have tanned skin but look into the mirror and see themselves as too pale.

Origin

1980s: blend of tan (sense 2 of the noun) and anorexia.

单词	tanorexia
释义	Definition of tanorexia in English: tanorexia nounˌtanəˈrɛksɪəˌtænəˈrɛksiə mass nouninformal An obsessive desire to acquire and maintain a suntan, by natural or artificial methods. she is one of a growing number of teenagers thought to be suffering from tanorexia Example sentencesExamples These days there is even a term for tan addiction - tanorexia - because of the amount of young people putting themselves at risk. Assuming that you don't have tanorexiaa compulsion marked by frequent trips to the tanning boothyou have every reason to feel optimistic about your skin. But was I secretly suffering from an acute case of tanorexia, only just managing to keep my inner torment under control with the help of factor 2 carrot oil? People with tanorexia have tanned skin but look into the mirror and see themselves as too pale. And for the first time I began to miss my old life, my old self-obsessed, narcissistic, no room-for-anyone-else-but-me kind of life filled with my own depressing issues of self-hate, loneliness and tanorexia. Tony, who is now 15, is one of a growing number of teenagers thought to be suffering from tanorexia. Derivatives tanorexic nounˌtanəˈrɛksɪkˌtænəˈrɛksɪk informal A person who has an obsessive desire to acquire and maintain a suntan, by natural or artificial methods. a self-confessed former tanorexic Example sentencesExamples Lynne, a 28-year-old law student from Glasgow, is a typical tanorexic. A consultant psychiatrist at Parkhead Hospital in Glasgow, he has treated a number of tanorexics. One thinks of tanorexic women with badly-coloured hair, Latino machismo on Miami Beach, poodles and overdressed cocktails. Origin 1980s: blend of tan¹ (sense 2 of the noun) and anorexia. Definition of tanorexia in US English: tanorexia nounˌtænəˈrɛksiəˌtanəˈreksēə informal An obsessive desire to acquire and maintain a suntan, by natural or artificial methods. Example sentencesExamples But was I secretly suffering from an acute case of tanorexia, only just managing to keep my inner torment under control with the help of factor 2 carrot oil? These days there is even a term for tan addiction - tanorexia - because of the amount of young people putting themselves at risk. And for the first time I began to miss my old life, my old self-obsessed, narcissistic, no room-for-anyone-else-but-me kind of life filled with my own depressing issues of self-hate, loneliness and tanorexia. Tony, who is now 15, is one of a growing number of teenagers thought to be suffering from tanorexia. Assuming that you don't have tanorexiaa compulsion marked by frequent trips to the tanning boothyou have every reason to feel optimistic about your skin. People with tanorexia have tanned skin but look into the mirror and see themselves as too pale. Origin 1980s: blend of tan (sense 2 of the noun) and anorexia.
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