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depressogenic

depressogenic adjective: causing or tending to cause depression.

Adjective

depressogenic (comparative more depressogenic, superlative most depressogenic)

  1. Causing or tending to cause depression.
    • This study examines the causal relation between depressogenic schemata and depression.

Noun

depressogenic (plural depressogenics)

  1. Any material that causes depression.

Antonyms of depressogenic

Forms of depressogenic

Adjective
comparativemore depressogenic
superlativemost depressogenic
Noun
pluraldepressogenics

Origin of depressogenic

From depress + -o- + -genic.

Questions about depressogenic

What does depressogenic mean?
Depressogenic means causing or tending to cause depression.
What part of speech is depressogenic?
Depressogenic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near depressogenic in the dictionary

  1. depressiveness
  2. depressives
  3. depressivity
  4. depresso
  5. depressogenesis
  6. depressogenic
  7. depressogenics
  8. depressoid
  9. depressoids
  10. depressomotor
  11. depressomotors

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