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noun
A tendency to be depressed, without hope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: depression, despondence, dejectedness, gloom, lypemania
Antonyms: euthymia, euphoria
noun
A form of clinical depression, characterized by low-grade depression which lasts at least two years.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences
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Synonyms: persistent depressive disorder, PDD
Antonyms: euthymia
Broader terms: clinical depression, depression, disorder
noun
mild chronic depression
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dysthymic depression
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: depressive disorder, clinical depression, depression
History
From dys- + -thymia. From Ancient Greek δυσθυμία (dusthumía, “despondency, despair; ill-temper”), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + θυμός (thumós, “soul, spirit”).
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