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anhedonia

UK/ˌan.hɪˈdəʊ.nɪə//ˌæn.hiˈdoʊ.ni.ə/

anhedonia noun: the inability to feel pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, such as exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions.

Noun

anhedonia (usually uncountable, plural anhedonias)

  1. (usually) The inability to feel pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, such as exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions.
    • Prolonged seasickness will in most persons produce a temporary condition of anhedonia. Every good, terrestrial or celestial, is imagined only to be turned from with disgust.1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 146
    • Rather, Meehl suggests that anhedonia is a manifestation of the mixed signals to which the preschizophrenic individual is subjected because of the neurointegrative deficit.2012, R. R. J. Lewine, “Anhedonia and the Amotivational State of Schizophrenia”, in Andreas Marneros, Nancy C. Andreasen, Ming T. Tsuang, editors, Negative Versus Positive Schizophrenia, Springer...

anhedonia meaning in Tamil

anhedonia in Tamil

இன்பதுன்பத்தைப் பகுத்தறிய இயலாமை

Examples of anhedonia in a sentence

  • Secondly, the distinction between consummatory and anticipatory anhedonia [21] is not taken into account although these two anhedonias could play different role in the risk of suicide.2014, Gwenolé Loas, 11: Anhedonia and Risk of Suicide: An Overview, Michael S. Ritsner (editor), Anhedonia: A Comprehensive Handbook...
  • Anhedonia is the reduced ability to experience pleasure from activities that were previously found to be enjoyable.2020, Erin Trifilio, John B. Williamson, Kenneth M. Heilman, “Chapter 9: Changes in Emotions and Mood with Aging”, in Kenneth M. Heilman...

Forms of anhedonia

pluralanhedonias

Origin of anhedonia

From French anhédonie (coined by Ribot, 1896), from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-) + ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”).

Words formed from anhedonia

  • anhedonic
  • anhedonism
  • anticipatory anhedonia
  • consummatory anhedonia

Questions about anhedonia

What does anhedonia mean?
Anhedonia means the inability to feel pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, such as exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions.
What is anhedonia in Tamil?
Anhedonia in Tamil is இன்பதுன்பத்தைப் பகுத்தறிய இயலாமை. See Anhedonia meaning in Tamil.
How do you use anhedonia in a sentence?
Secondly, the distinction between consummatory and anticipatory anhedonia [21] is not taken into account although these two anhedonias could play different role in the risk of suicide.
What part of speech is anhedonia?
Anhedonia is a noun.
How do you pronounce anhedonia?
Anhedonia is pronounced /ˌan.hɪˈdəʊ.nɪə/ (UK).
What is the plural of anhedonia?
The plural of anhedonia is anhedonias.

Words near anhedonia in the dictionary

  1. anhaptoglobinemia
  2. anharmonic
  3. anharmonically
  4. anharmonicities
  5. anharmonicity
  6. anhedonia
  7. anhedonias
  8. anhedonic
  9. anhedonics
  10. anhedral
  11. anhedrals

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