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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)
Familiarity information: REACTIVE DEPRESSION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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