anhedonia

English

WOTD - 18 July 2008    

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

anhedonia (usually uncountable; plural anhedonias)

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.

Derived terms

• anhedonic

Translations

inability to feel pleasure

Dutch: anhedonie (nl) French: anhédonie (fr) f.

Polish: anhedonia (pl) f. Spanish: anhedonia (es) f.

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Noun

anhedonia f.

1. (medicine, psychiatry) anhedonia

Declension

	Singular only
Nominative	anhedonia
Genitive	anhedonii
Dative	anhedonii
Accusative	anhedonię
Instrumental	anhedonią
Locative	anhedonii
Vocative	anhedonio