请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 orthorexia
释义

Definition of orthorexia in English:

orthorexia

noun ˌɔːθəˈrɛksɪəˌɔrθəˈrɛksiə
mass noun
  • 1An obsession with eating foods that one considers healthy.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Having seen Chris's friend Shazzie on telly last night, I'd just like to link once more to Bratman's seminal article on orthorexia.
    • What holds most women back from the brink of full-on orthorexia is the fear of becoming obsessive and losing all their friends.
    • The diet was just another form of orthorexia, and it would surprise me if Ronald McDonald himself wouldn't have told the film-maker it was a stupid idea before he started.
    • I don't know about orthorexia, but it's great having an excuse for being fussy.
    • There are a variety of subspecies of the illness, including one called orthorexia, so-called health food junkies.
    1. 1.1 A medical condition in which the sufferer systematically avoids specific foods that they believe to be harmful.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘We had phone calls when Bratman's book was published from people who were concerned,’ he says. ‘The issues he raises are real, and calling it orthorexia nervosa gained him interest, but it is a made-up name.’
      • The latest eating disorder is known as orthorexia nervosa, an obsessive eating of pure foods in the quest for improved health.
      • Although many experts believe orthorexia nervosa may be a genuine concern, some think it's not a clinically useful diagnosis.
      • Bigorexia, orthorexia, non-purgative bulimia - is there no end to the illnesses you can catch from trying to eat healthily?
      • While orthorexia nervosa isn't yet a formal medical condition, many doctors do feel that it explains an important and growing health phenomenon.

Derivatives

  • orthorexic

  • noun & adjective ˌɔːθəˈrɛksɪkˌɔrθəˈrɛksɪk
    • Every potential orthorexic reaches a moment of self-revelation when they realise that they're either going to have to compromise or stay at home alone juicing beetroot and celery for ever.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This behavior is similar to those who suffer from anorexia or bulimia nervosa, except that anorexics and bulimics are concerned with the quantity of food consumed; whereas, orthorexics are concerned with the quality.
      • As McCandless sees it, the apparent rise in orthorexic behaviour is at least partly because "There is no single authority any more that can tell us what's safe or not. There is no consensus on what's good for you.'
      • Like anorexia, it often involves severe weight loss, but so-called orthorexics are obsessed with food quality, rather than quantity, and strive for personal purity in their eating habits rather than for a thin physique.
      • As an anorexic, I looked down on people who ate heartily; I think orthorexics like being awkward and see people who eat what I would term ‘rubbish’ food as weak and unhealthy.

Origin

1990s: from ortho- + Greek orexia 'appetite', after anorexia.

Definition of orthorexia in US English:

orthorexia

nounˌôrTHəˈreksēəˌɔrθəˈrɛksiə
  • 1An obsession with eating foods that one considers healthy.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The diet was just another form of orthorexia, and it would surprise me if Ronald McDonald himself wouldn't have told the film-maker it was a stupid idea before he started.
    • There are a variety of subspecies of the illness, including one called orthorexia, so-called health food junkies.
    • I don't know about orthorexia, but it's great having an excuse for being fussy.
    • Having seen Chris's friend Shazzie on telly last night, I'd just like to link once more to Bratman's seminal article on orthorexia.
    • What holds most women back from the brink of full-on orthorexia is the fear of becoming obsessive and losing all their friends.
    1. 1.1 A medical condition in which the sufferer systematically avoids specific foods in the belief that they are harmful.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The latest eating disorder is known as orthorexia nervosa, an obsessive eating of pure foods in the quest for improved health.
      • Although many experts believe orthorexia nervosa may be a genuine concern, some think it's not a clinically useful diagnosis.
      • Bigorexia, orthorexia, non-purgative bulimia - is there no end to the illnesses you can catch from trying to eat healthily?
      • While orthorexia nervosa isn't yet a formal medical condition, many doctors do feel that it explains an important and growing health phenomenon.
      • ‘We had phone calls when Bratman's book was published from people who were concerned,’ he says. ‘The issues he raises are real, and calling it orthorexia nervosa gained him interest, but it is a made-up name.’

Origin

1990s: from ortho- + Greek orexia ‘appetite’, after anorexia.

随便看

 

英汉双解词典包含464360条英汉词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/27 2:21:12