Word: doubter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Doubter. Sometimes the doctor's anxiety is vented in hostility. When he says ". . . Damn neurotic-nothing wrong with him," Dr. Ebaugh believes that it can be translated as: "This patient is emotionally disturbed . . . I am doubtful of my own capabilities. By denying that the patient is sick, and depreciating him as being not worthwhile, I feel less threatened...