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MANIC-DEPRESSIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does manic-depressive mean?
• MANIC-DEPRESSIVE (noun)
The noun MANIC-DEPRESSIVE has 1 sense:
1. a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness
Familiarity information: MANIC-DEPRESSIVE used as a noun is very rare.
• MANIC-DEPRESSIVE (adjective)
The adjective MANIC-DEPRESSIVE has 1 sense:
1. suffering from a disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression
Familiarity information: MANIC-DEPRESSIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person afflicted with manic-depressive illness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("manic-depressive" is a kind of...):
diseased person; sick person; sufferer (a person suffering from an illness)
Derivation:
manic-depressive (suffering from a disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression)
• MANIC-DEPRESSIVE (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Suffering from a disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression
Similar:
insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)
Derivation:
manic-depressive (a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness)
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