anhedonia
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[edit] Etymology
From French anhédonie (coined by Ribot, 1896), from Ancient Greek ἀν- + ἡδονή (“pleasure”).
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anhedonia (usually uncountable; plural anhedonias)
- (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.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 123:
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inability to feel pleasure
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anhedonia f.
- (medicine, psychiatry) anhedonia
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| Singular only | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | anhedonia |
| Genitive | anhedonii |
| Dative | anhedonii |
| Accusative | anhedonię |
| Instrumental | anhedonią |
| Locative | anhedonii |
| Vocative | anhedonio |