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REACTIVE DEPRESSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reactive depression mean? 

REACTIVE DEPRESSION (noun)
  The noun REACTIVE DEPRESSION has 1 sense:

1. an inappropriate state of depression that is precipitated by events in the person's life (to be distinguished from normal grief)play

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


 Dictionary entry details 


REACTIVE DEPRESSION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An inappropriate state of depression that is precipitated by events in the person's life (to be distinguished from normal grief)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

exogenous depression; reactive depression

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

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


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