anhedonia

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌan.hɪˈdəʊ.nɪə/
• (US) IPA: /ˌæn.hiˈdoʊ.ni.ə/
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[edit] Noun

anhedonia (uncountable)

1. (medicine, psychiatry) The inability to feel pleasure.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 123:

     Sometimes it is mere passive joylessness and dreariness, discouragement, dejection, lack of taste and zest and spring. Professor Ribot has proposed the name anhedonia to designate this condition.

[edit] Derived terms

• anhedonic

[edit] Translations

French: anhédonie fr(fr) f.