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Stressor - What does it mean?

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stressor

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (psychology, biology) An environmental condition or influence that stresses (i.e. causes stress for) an organism.
  • *2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 670:
  • *:These paradoxical pleasures [...] are acquired by controlling one's exposure to the stressor in gradually increasing doses.

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