DYSTHYMIA

dysthymia, dysthymic depression

(noun) mild chronic depression; “I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

dysthymia (usually uncountable, plural dysthymias)

A tendency to be depressed, without hope.

(psychiatry) A form of clinical depression, characterized by low-grade depression which lasts at least 2 years.

Synonyms

• (tendency to be depressed): depression,despondence, dejectedness, gloom, lypemania

• (form of clinical depression): depression

Antonyms

• (tendency to be depressed): euphoria

• (form of clinical depression): euthymia

Source: Wiktionary



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