different between depression vs dysthymic

English

Etymology

From Old French depression, from Latin depressio.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??p????n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??p???(?)n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Hyphenation: de?pres?sion

Noun

depression (countable and uncountable, plural depressions)

1. (psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.

2. (geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
3. (psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a period of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.
4. (meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
5. (economics) A period of major economic contraction.
6. (economics, US) Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.

7. The act of lowering or pressing something down.

   Depression of the lever starts the machine.

8. (biology, physiology) A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.

Related terms

• depress
• depressant
• depressing
• depressive

Translations

See also

• downturn

Further reading

• National Bureau of Economic Research on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• depression at OneLook Dictionary Search
• depression in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• depression in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• opensiders, personised, sideperson

Danish

Noun

depression c (singular definite depressionen, plural indefinite depressioner)

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Declension

Further reading

• “depression” in Den Danske Ordbog

Finnish

Noun

depression

1. Genitive singular form of depressio.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

depression c

1. depression (all meanings).

Declension

English

Etymology

dysthymia +? -ic

Noun

dysthymic (plural dysthymics)

1. A person diagnosed with dysthymia, or dysthymic depression.

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Adjective

dysthymic (comparative more dysthymic, superlative most dysthymic)

1. Having or relating to dysthymia.

   John has always had a dysthymic personality.

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