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stressor

[stres-er, -awr]

noun

  1. an activity, event, or other stimulus that causes stress.



stressor

/ ˈٰɛə /

noun

  1. an event, experience, etc, that causes stress

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of stressor1

First recorded in 1950–55; stress + -or 2
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It features works that imagine a future where technology and city planning better respond to environmental stressors, including Pascaline Doucin-Dahlke’s “Suspended Garden.”

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“California’s national marine sanctuaries unfortunately do not limit damaging stressors on marine biodiversity,” said Sandy Aylesworth, director of the Pacific Initiative at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

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Advice on one of the first posts that pops up is to turn my phone off - it's a big stressor.

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But for people like Rodriguez — a sole breadwinner living in a rent-controlled apartment — it’s just another stressor compounding an already grim financial reality.

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Bhattacharya and his co-author posited that “masking is a psychological stressor for children and disrupts learning,” and “it is likely that masking exacerbates the chances that a child will experience anxiety and depression.”

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