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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