antidepressant

See also: anti-depressant

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)

Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.

English anti-

English depress

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -āns

Old French -antbor.

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Proto-Germanic *-ndz

Proto-West Germanic *-andī

Old English -ende

Middle English -ant

English -ant

English depressant

English antidepressant

From anti- + depressant.

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Noun

antidepressant (plural antidepressants)

(pharmacology) An agent that prevents or counteracts depression.
Antonym: depressogenic

Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:antidepressant
- 1999, Ridha Arem, The Thyroid Solution, →ISBN, page 216:
  Some women with postpartum depression and thyroid imbalance may require antidepressants and psychiatric therapy.
- 2009 March 3, Barron H. Lerner, “A Life-Changing Case for Doctors in Training”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 31 March 2020:
  She had a history of depression and was taking phenelzine, an antidepressant.
- 2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 102:
  Dr. Melanie met with Annabelle and delivered her diagnosis: Benny was in the prodromal phase of schizoaffective disorder, and she was recommending that they stop the Ritalin and start him on an antidepressant for the mood disorder and an antipsychotic to treat the auditory hallucinations.
- 2024 March 21, Kristen Rogers, “If antidepressants are killing your sex life, here’s what you can do”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on 15 April 2024:
  More than one in 10 people in the United States take antidepressants, and at least 8.6 million people in England take them. And since the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of people on antidepressants has surged. […] If you’ve just started taking an antidepressant within the last few weeks, a doctor might suggest you wait to see if dysfunction resolves as your body adjusts.

Translations

agent that prevents or counteracts depression

Afrikaans: antidepressant
Arabic: مُضَادَّة اِكْتِئَاب f (muḍādda(t) iktiʔāb)
Basque: antidepresibo
Bulgarian: антидепреса́нт m (antidepresánt)
Catalan: antidepressiu (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 抗抑鬱藥 / 抗抑郁药 (kàngyìyùyào)
Czech: antidepresivum (cs) n
Danish: antidepressiv ?
Dutch: antidepressivum (nl) n
Esperanto: antideprimigaĵo, antidepresiaĵo
Finnish: masennuslääke (fi)
French: antidépresseur (fr) m
Galician: antidepresivo m
German: Antidepressivum (de) n
Greek: αντικαταθλιπτικό (el) n (antikatathliptikó)
Hungarian: antidepresszáns (hu)
Icelandic: þunglyndislyf n
Indonesian: antidepresan (id)
Irish: frithdhúlagrán m
Italian: antidepressivo (it) m
Japanese: 抗うつ薬 (kōutsuyaku), 抗うつ剤 (kōutsuzai)
Korean: 항우울제(抗憂鬱劑) (hang'uulje)
Latin: antidepressivum n
Malay: antidepresan, antimurung
Polish: antydepresant (pl) m
Portuguese: antidepressivo (pt) m
Russian: антидепресса́нт (ru) m (antidepressánt)
Slovak: antidepresívum n
Spanish: antidepresivo (es) m
Swedish: antidepressiva (sv) c pl, antidepressivt medel ?, antidepressivt läkemedel ?
Ukrainian: антидепреса́нт m (antydepresánt)
Welsh: gwrthiselydd m

Adjective

antidepressant (comparative more antidepressant, superlative most antidepressant)

(pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting depression.

Translations

preventing or counteracting depression

Catalan: antidepressiu (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 抗抑鬱的 / 抗抑郁的 (kàngyìyù de)
Finnish: antidepressiivinen
French: antidépresseur (fr)
Galician: antidepresivo
Greek: αντικαταθλιπτικός (el) m (antikatathliptikós)
Hungarian: antidepresszáns (hu)
Irish: frithdhúlagair
Japanese: 抗うつ (kōutsu)
Polish: antydepresyjny (pl), przeciwdepresyjny (pl)
Portuguese: antidepressivo (pt)
Spanish: antidepresivo (es)
Swedish: antidepressiv (sv)
Welsh: gwrthiselder