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noun
Personal despair over the disquieting circumstances of human existence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: existentialism, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Despair, profound discontent, or a similar persistent debilitating malaise of the mind, spirit, or soul that produces a decline in mental, physical, or societal health and that may culminate in death or dissolution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
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History
From the book The Sickness Unto Death (1849) by Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855).
