ANACLITIC DEPRESSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anaclitic depression mean? 

• ANACLITIC DEPRESSION (noun)
  The noun ANACLITIC DEPRESSION has 1 sense:

1. severe and progressive depression in infants who lose their mother and do not get a suitable substitute

  Familiarity information: ANACLITIC DEPRESSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANACLITIC DEPRESSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Severe and progressive depression in infants who lose their mother and do not get a suitable substitute

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("anaclitic depression" is a kind of...):

clinical depression; depression; depressive disorder (a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention)