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    depression

    depression - Dictionary definition and meaning for word depression

    Definition
    (noun) a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity Definition
    (noun) a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
    Synonyms : economic crisis , slump
    Definition
    (noun) a sunken or depressed geological formation
    Synonyms : natural depression
    Definition
    (noun) sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy Definition
    (noun) a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
    Synonyms : great depression
    Definition
    (noun) an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
    Synonyms : low
    Example Sentence
    • a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow
    Definition
    (noun) a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention Definition
    (noun) a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
    Synonyms : impression , imprint
    Example Sentence
    • he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud
    Definition
    (noun) angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) Definition
    (noun) pushing down
    Example Sentence
    • depression of the space bar on the typewriter

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text: major behavioral diagnoses eg depression
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