anhedonia

English

WOTD – 18 July 2008

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

anhedonia ‎(usually uncountable, plural anhedonias)

1. (medicine, psychiatry) The inability to feel pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, such as exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions.
   • 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
• anhedonism

Translations

inability to feel pleasure

• Czech: anhedonie f
• Dutch: anhedonie (nl)
• French: anhédonie (fr) f

• Italian: anedonia (it) f
• Polish: anhedonia (pl) f
• Portuguese: anedonia f
• Spanish: anhedonia (es) f

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Polish

Pronunciation

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Noun

anhedonia f

1. (medicine, psychiatry) anhedonia

Declension

declension of anhedonia

	singular
nominative	anhedonia
genitive	anhedonii
dative	anhedonii
accusative	anhedonię
instrumental	anhedonią
locative	anhedonii
vocative	anhedonio

External links

• anhedonia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Noun

anhedonia f ‎(plural anhedonias)

1. (medicine, psychiatry) anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure)