depression
dep·res·sion
noun
a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
a sunken or depressed geological formation
sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Origin
From Middle English depression, depressioun, from Old French depression, from Latin dēpressiō. Equivalent to depress + -ion.
Phrases
- angle of depression
- clinical depression
- double depression
- freezing-point depression
- inbreeding depression
- infranasal depression
- manic depression
- post-con depression
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